The crazy low Yen plays a role here too. If you look at the top bidders on these types of auctions, it's often agent accounts at the end, or one determined local against an agent account. Another factor to take into perspective is how much Fender and Gibson prices have gone up. A Fender...
Yes indeed, quite a lot of them. Anything specific you're looking for? Only Tokai? Only higher end or can be lower series too? Color? I live in Japan and have most of my guitars there, but I am Belgian and go there again late January for at least a month. I have 2 Tokai ST-80 there I want...
Will upload some more recent pics soon, but I'm releasing this one into the wild again:
https://www.tokaiforum.com/threads/fs-tokai-st80-81-metallic-red-with-hard-case.18934/
It's a really great guitar, but I never liked the V-shaped neck. I was always torn between finding the guitar too good...
https://share.icloud.com/photos/06dkSynaCgJGyhK1p8LUUOBeg
Excellent Strat that rings out with the best of them. Guitar will ship from Belgium. I bought it about 3 years ago at Ishibashi Japan and brought it to Belgium (I live in Japan) as I do with all my long-term keepers. Now I'm in a...
It has some scuffs and blemishes as you'd expect from a vintage guitar. It's a really good one (this is my third and the one I kept), but we're emptying my mother's apartment (where I had stored many of my long-term keepers). I'm in Belgium only this week (I live in Japan) and will take down...