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"Tokai" as an adjective refers to the complex history of Tokai suggesting that multiple explanations can sometimes be found for various questions about model, year, specs, etc. See this thread assembled by Sigmania: Manufactured Under License For... Fakais

Ah yes, I see. I have an old Chinese Washburn from about 1985 or so. It is definitely plywood. I had fun jigsawing it and painting it to make it more interesting. I felt it was too symmetrical. The wood is strong because it has withstood being spun around on my arm on stage many times! I added a...

Okay, thanks Sigmania. It's refreshing to see Tokai catalogue plainly stating the wood in some of those is plywood. When I enlarge the pics I get some good close ups of the wood. I would think plywood is usually a little more striped as the layers are at right angles to each other but I'm no...

Thanks so much Sigmania. I can see that the logo on mine is like the one in your thread "Manufactured under licence for....Fakais" That thread is a treasure of information I must say. Manufactured Under License For... Fakais Good to know that the quality back at that time was good generally...

Hi Sigmania, thanks again. Here are clear pics of the cavities as well as the wiring. As you can see, all three cavities actually do have red paint. As for wiring, a previous owner has cut the wire from the switch to the middle pup. I dragon clipped that connection to see what the original...

You can see the one cavity behind the neck pickup pics. It has red paint. I'll take pics of the other cavities soon. I put some boiled linseed oil on the fretboard and it's drying right now. The middle pup cavity is light blonde wood with no black or red paint. It is factory cut by the look of...

Thank you Sigmania! As promised here are some pics that may reveal clues: the pots inside just say A500K with an ohm sign. The bridge says BR EG underneath. The pickups are wax potted. The bridge fits into posts and not screwed directly into the body like my 1985 Tokai LC. There's a pic here of...

Thank you for this. Another clue is that the inlays reflect in a very light purple hue. I'll post more pickups and pots pics to help.

Hi there, I'm new here. I have a red Tokai Firebird originally advertised by a pawn shop as a Lovebird. It has 3 pickups but clearly never had a vibrola like Firebird VII copies would have. I'm looking for clues as to year, country of manufacture, model number. It has no serial number on the...

My White 1985 LC has the 6 piece diamond headstock inlay and a pointy TRC. It has gold tulip shape tuners.