Recent content by messer

I'm not a fan of tobacco burst finish, but I think the one on your guitar looks really killer! It's subtle and the wood grain really fits it! :)

It looks like a really fun project :)

I feel like you might end up disappointed about your next buy. Mostly because you are not thinking about quality/price ratio enough ;D But you seem to buy into "heavier body = bigger sound", "wood quality = better sustain", "are MK2's good?" etc. Most pro musicians hunt for light Les Pauls and...

Her name is Dasha Astafieva ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aftIOhmaix4 This guy has some serious problems: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNWMW-5g0OE

Perfectly finished Tokai LS-150 (owned by a guy named Roger?): Nicely finished 2008 Tokai LS-70 (owned by me, and I'm very content, for the money I gave for this guitar): MESSY cutaway finish of 2008 Tokai LS85F BS (stratmotos): MESSY cutaway finish of 2010 Tokai (owned by masco): 2003...

Is there a kink? :D

@jacco: That was a joke... or maybe not :D But I seriously wonder how well they are made. I am a costumer, not a seller or some Tokai fanatic. I currently own black 2008 LS-80 and I might consider buying another Les Paul with violin/iced tea finish in a near future. At the moment, this inlay...

Can you make a close-up photos of fretboard inlays of this guitars, japaxes? I wonder to what finish quality standard they make guitars in China :lol:

Here I am, Quality Control Police :D I don't see any flaw there jacco ; )

I'm not a native English speaker. So it might be the case :D (Is it obvious when you read my posts? Funny question :roll:) I've written in my first post in this topic: "(Note that I don't address this characteristic 58/59 visible part of top wood, which is a result of thin binding.)" Isn't...

You are driving me insane dude. Is your question serious? Do I really need to write it for the fourth time? Here you go: I clearly understand, that in vintage Gibsons, binding around guitar was uniform, same width in every place including cutaway. That caused maple top to be visible. That...

Have I offended you in any way Diamond? I guess that's just a typical reaction of professional seller when he runs out of arguments. Ad personam attacks on inconvenient people who question quality of their product.

We are not discussing what is "vintage correct" here, Diamond. I am aware of the difference between thin (maple top visible in a cutaway) and thick binding (current Gibsons which are not historics), and I write this for the third time. "The reason it's the 5th Tokai you've seen like that is...

Enlighten me then, "experts"... Gibsons thick binding looks awful, but I like it better than lousy finished cutaway with thin binding. I think that Gibsons thick one is similiar "improvement" to rounded edges of pearl marker inlays. It allows them to cut costs of finishing guitars. (They don't...

Not at all, I've mentioned in my first post of this topic: "(Note that I don't adress this characteristic 58/59 visible part of top wood, which is a result of thin binding.) " I am aware very well, that Gibson is now using thick binding, which covers that visible part of maple top: