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Depends when they were made. They dry up by 1982 from what I’ve seen. I posted a 1983/84 trans green one that member ATO recently bought.

That is wild…. Exactly what I was saying above. And 1980?

I'm going to add this one to the SIlver Star thread to preserve it with the others that have popped up. Silver Star Gallery

1981 SS70YS Tokai／SS 60 "YS" ★ 1981 ★★ Maple Cap ★★ 4点止+ラージヘッド ★★ コレクター放出品 ★★ 20,000円OFF ／ビンテージ／¥218000／状態：B+

Here is their page on Digimart 商品の検索結果【楽器検索デジマート】

Also a JB80 Tokai／JB-80 YSR " 1980 " ★★ 厳選レア個体 ★★ タイム・セール限定 ★★ 22,000円OFF !!／ビンテージ／¥198000／状態：B+ And the LC110 Tokai／LS110 " 1980 " Diamond Inlay ★★ 売却済 ★★ SOLD ★★★／ビンテージ／¥0／状態：B+

Looks like it sold? Here's the TE120 they had. Tokai TE120 YSR | eBay And the ST70 Tokai ST70 YS 1981 Maple Cap sold SOLD | eBay

A year later, 1975, they were making these in association with Martin.

"Brazilian Rosewood has a very admiring smell for me. You can feel this if you are in the same small room with it. I heard that some companies used to make a perfume from Brazilian Rosewood too. (I don't know how)" Brazilian Rosewood Smell? - The Acoustic Guitar Forum

Hard not to notice the similarities. Same truss rod cover. Both bound headstocks with face laminate of rosewood. Both gold paint brand name that wears off. On top of finish?

Yeah. There are probably some sleepers in there. One of the best Sigmas I ever had, and wish I still had, had the truss rod cover and dated to a little after your guitar. It was a DR9 or 11? I can't remember. Label and gold paint "SIGMA" label were removed long before I got it. I am...

Here's a 1974 Tokai Hummingbird with a similar serial number, so that is very likely the year. 1974 Tokai W-250 Humming Bird Custom Acoustic Folk Guitar | Reverb

Music store label?

It's a dreadnought shape no matter what. And that grain looks very interesting. Features of both Brazilian and Indian rosewood. Does it have a sweet smell inside? Cool guitar. Hopefully you can find a tuner on eBay or something to restore the guitar.

SN 117573 Tokai BD-50 | eBay

I looked and can't find a catalog in that period. I wish. If it does say DR7, hard to tell in the photos, then I would wager that is the model number, and mid 70s is safe for the age. Can you post a picture of the back to confirm it is rosewood? There was a lot of Brazilian around back...

Those are tough to completely identify. It was made in the 70s for sure. May be from 1974 with that serial number? Wondering if that says DR7? If so, that model number system was used when Tokai made Sigmas. D means dreadnaught shape. R means rosewood back and sides. 7 is the level of...

That seller has listed some incredible Tokais over the past year. An ST70, a TE120, and LC110, etc. Amazing. I passed on buying one of these a year or so ago and still regret it. A white one with the maple cap and a flamed neck in pristine shape. Someone will snag this one I’m sure.

Gorgeous.

I don’t know much about Burnys, but if you have pictures of the pickup routs that may tell us if it’s Tokai built. And pictures of the pots may help date it.