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I've already upgraded this guitars electronics and tuners and am quite happy so far. I'd like to find a quality trem unit that I could swap in. Is there a higher quality Fender or aftermarket unit that would pop in without much modification?

I'm thinking about checking out a Fernandes Tele thinline copy that might be put up for sale. Would really appreciate your insight into what year(s) this could be and what is an expected price to pay for one. Supposedly in Very Good condition. Could this be a Tokai Gakki production? Thanks...

I'm thinking about checking out a Fernandes Tele thinline copy that may just be put up for sale. Would really appreciate your insight into what year(s) this could be and what is an expected price to pay for one. Supposedly in Very Good condition. Could this be a Tokai Gakki production? Thanks...

I was surprised to learn (atleast from what I read in this forum) that Hondo had Tokai build it's "Professional series" Strat replicas. Is this the only Tokai connection to Hondo II? Or did Tokai play a role in making the Professional or Revival line of Les Paul, Explorer, or Flying V set neck...

I have an 1986 Goldstar Sound, copy of a ?64 strat with veneer rosewood fretboard, truss rod screw adjuster at end of neck, I took off the neck for the first time so I could do a fret polish and install new tuners. Neck completely straight with ruler laying over top of frets. Guitar has not had...

I was very tempted to bid on this Tokai Super Edition AST-55H. Ended up selling for $273 plus $40 shipping. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&hash=item3cb2b095eb&item=260695954923&nma=true&pt=Guitar&rt=nc&si=rtDNlCKKtqgy62mPcQMGodiJDEU%253D I already have a 1986 AST-40 1960's...

Upgrading my Tokai AST-40 to the vintage style look. I know the AST-62's had Kluson style tuners, so I bought some made by Ping on ebay off a Fender vintage reissue guitar. I know Ill have to drill some holes. Anyone popped these on without issues? btw my Tokai is a 1986 with the pointy post...

I have a post lawsuit pointy headstock AST40 Goldstar. I just pulled the pickguard in order to swap out the middle and neck pickups to replace them with genuine Fenders. For the time being I love the clean sound I've been getting with the stock ceramic bridge pickup. SO here's the...

Looking to upgrade to a replacement cap for my Goldstar AST-40. Anyone know what cap value is on these?

1986 pointy headstock Goldstar. It's stock cap is reads "k473" and I think the next line reads "Ih.12" What I think is a 2 wasn't stamped very well, so i don't know if it is a 2. Thanks for any info! :wink: [/img]

So I played a Fender Deluxe Player's Stratocaster a few weeks ago at the guitar store and i loved the sound of the Fender Noiseless pickups it had. Well I have an '85 Goldstar AST40 with the stock ceramic pickups. The bridge position sounds sweet on my amps clean, but not great with my...

So I wired up some Seymour Duncan pickups to a 335 copy (2 vol, 2 tone, 3 way) a few months back. Jazz in the neck, and a Pearly-Gates in the bridge. I took advantage of the Pearly-Gates wiring option and hooked it up to a DPDT mini switch. same exact one...

What's the deal with this headstock shape? and print on the back? Hmmm :-?

Wondering if there are differences with the screw holes on the Fender pickguards. I imagine some years simply won't work. If anyone has suggestions what to look for I'd appreciate it. My guitar is the 1986 Goldstar with the rosewood fretboard w/ truss rod screw at the neck base Thanks!

Goldstar Sound tuning oddity - weird I recently got a mid 80's Tokai Goldstar Sound. Beautiful condition, no scratchy pots, pickups sound great especially clean. Anyhow there is a quirky thing it does when I hook up my electric tuner up. For some reason after I hit a string, tune it, mute the...

I just purchased, what I think is called an Antique White colored Tokai Strat. The pickup magnets, machine heads and post lawsuit pointy headstock all point to an AST40 (similar to the specs found on the blue strat here http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/catalogs/tokai_85-86_electric_p3.jpg)...