Lake Placid Blue Gallery

[Sigmania]

TOKAI トーカイ SILVER STAR ギター ソフトケー... - ヤフオク!

 

[Sigmania]

Tokai Gold Star Sound Stratocaster 1984 - Ice Blue | eBay

 

[Sigmania]

1982 ST80

80's TOKAI ST80 Lake Placid Blue Option 80シ... - ヤフオク!

 

[Sigmania]

LOVELY LEFT-HANDED TOKAI GOLD STAR STRAT - 1984 | eBay

 

[CliffsGuitarWorld]

Recent Aqusition from Japan.. Year: 198x Model: ST-?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffsguitarworld/albums/72177720313176278

 

[CliffsGuitarWorld]

Cant read the serial number.... did this color begin in 1981?

 

[CliffsGuitarWorld]

 

[Sigmania]

Hey Cliff,

That color was introduced officially in the spring of 1982, so likely some late 1981 guitars.

Are your codes 11 (Nov) for the neck and 12 (Dec) for the body?

If so, very likely Dec 1981 guitar.

If the pickups are original, then it is an ST55 I would say.

Nice catch!

 

[Sigmania]

Cant read the serial number.... did this color begin in 1981?

SN 1023859 I would say.

It’s interesting. We’ve been keeping tabs on 1981 serial numbers.

1981 Fender Copy Serial Numbers

Your number is in line with December 1981/January 1982 numbers from our small sample size, so I feel pretty confident the neck plate, the neck and the body were sold together as original. And the pickups are probably correct too (though the leads were obviously changed).

But a very cool.

 

[Sigmania]

Good thing all the important stuff is obscured... Still a nice looking ST55.

TOKAI ST55 LB 1981 Custom color " Lake Placid Blue " Made in Japan MIJ | Reverb Slovenia

 

[Sigmania]

SN 1016306

Working item Tokai SILVER STAR Stratocaster type electric guitar with soft case

 

[Sigmania]

This is a first for me. Look like Lake Placid Blue VSB60.

There is some lighter paint on the top, but you can see the original paint on the back & sides.

Pretty cool. Worth rescuing!

SN 1016022

1 yen ~ SG50670424 TOKAI Electric Bass HARDPUNCHER Music Instrument Current Item

 

[Sigmania]

Neck: 12 = 5

Jazz Sound JB45 Project (with pics).

"...It is more than likely that this guitar has never left Lancaster where I live. Blue Suede Music were the original importers of Tokai in the mid to late 1970's and at one point virtually everyone in Lancaster had at least one Tokai, people could just nip round to Eric Dixon's house and buy one off him at very favourable prices. I played in a band for a while with a guy who rented a room in his house and whenever I went round there there were boxes with Tokai guitars in absolutely everywhere. He ran the business from his house until he moved over to Yorkshire (Huddersfield or Bradford maybe) in the early 1980's. I think there are still quite a few Tokais in the area, probably stashed away in lofts and attics by now, waiting to be discovered by grateful children and grandchildren."