Hiya people.
I have some more info regarding my Les Paul Reborn (LPR) Tokai if you want it, as I finaly got to take out the pickups last night during a string change. (This entry could bang on a bit, so grab a cup of something lively and settle down)
From the top.
The guitar looks exactly like the pics Jannis Panagou has posted except it has Zebra coil pickups. The wear patterns are almost an exact match except on mine there are two small patches above and below the pickup selector that have worn through the finish.
The headstock is as shown in those picks with "Retrospec" written on the truss rod cover. The black finish on the front of the headstock is fading and you can see the grain of the Mahogany through the black which gives it a dark brown look in some lights.
There is no serial number on the back of the headstock, body or in the control cavities and no model number on the fretboard. The tail Piece has "Gotoh Japan" on the underside.
The pick ups are 4 conductor and use the same coulour code as Seymour Duncan (black, green, red and white) The pots are not on any form of circuit board and are mounted to the body direct. The treble bleed capacitor is a large flat round one, orange in colour with 473 and 022 on the face in very small type that I had to squint to see (They always told me it would make me go blind)
On the base plate of each pick up is stamped the name Haeussel with each having an additional sticker saying "Haeussel PAF VIN B" on the bridge P/U and "Haeussel PAF VIN N" on the neck.
(excuse me while I take off my anorak, it's getting a bit hot in here)
The top would appear to be a laminate as the bookmatch line does not go all the way through the maple cap.
That's about all I can tell you for now. It looks like this guitar is a Korean LPR, as it has no model or serial number but I know very little about the history of Tokai production. Maybe the "Retrospec" branded LPR's were the Korean version made at the same time as the Japan ones as a cost saving alternative. I leave it to you Tokai experts to fill me in on that one. All I know for sure is I have a 20(ish) year old guitar that is well played in, Looks great, sounds fantastic and I love it!
Cheers
Nick.:grin:
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