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Considering the OP I can say that I have owned and played non inkies tokais and inkies too, and in a range of lower grade to higher grade. It has been my experience that all examples in my hands, no matter the finish chemistry, the finishes have all been quite thin. I can't say that for the...

I decided to withdraw this example based on recent news from my source at Deviser. Info is production of set neck examples at the Aska facility is at a crawl and may not improve for years. They seem to be putting out tons of bolt on neck stuff ........

that's a nice one

I have owned and played Tokai LS examples from 'vintage' to more modern and at pretty much across every grade; have yet to see a single example demonstrate lacquer checking. Not a single one .........

That looks like one from the MJ Yamauchi collection and I see his web page is no longer accessible :unsure:

that had been listed @ the 880,000 yen ($5,867 USD) start price for several days and ended with one solitary bid price on this example was a lot lower than some I have seen sell for previously

BUMPAROO .......

at least FOUR of these currently offered which to me doesn't seem 'rare' ....... and none of them are 'moving' ........ https://reverb.com/item/75805259-1981-tokai-ls-75-ag-all-gold https://reverb.com/item/80700912-tokai-love-rock-ls-70-1981-gold...

I'm not really impressed by the seller. Their lack of knowledge and specifically their use of the term, "Made during the MIJ lawsuit era" are pretty much vomit inducing. This example is most likely a Terada made 335, circa 1996...

So, as I was saying in my previous post I'm not aware of any 1980s era History guitars. I did a simple Google search on the interwebzesz (thanks Al Gore) and I came up with this. https://history.gt/electric/about/index.html Translated of course, here via deepl ....... the first sentence of...

below, my two Lefty examples; two fantastic Explorers :D Korina body & neck: with the exception of the 2 piece body this example is a replica of a 1963 Explorer Honduran hog body & neck: Explorer Jr. with a split head stock

Yeppers; that's lefty :D

Here is a 2013 MLC1 and with the Momose case :cool: She is a bit heavy at 9.61 lb. and the price is up there but these rarely if ever show up https://www.digimart.net/cat01/shop5007/DS08781843/ beggars can't be choosy :D

the earliest History brand guitars that I am aware of are from the 1990s but then I don't get out much; hahaha .......

Thanks for posting that; I wasn't aware he was fighting such an illness. The Momose legacy as a craftsman, a luthier and a considerable force within the Japanese guitar building boutique market is pretty much unmatched by any others. RIP

Yep, same guy 😁 ..... He built both of my Explorers and they are amazing guitars

I agree with @Freebird ........ I believe your example is from 1981 *pickup codes *Greco logo *serial number *truss rod cover to me, all of that says 1981 ......... Cheers ...........

Rinkya web site is pretty easy to navigate, pretty straight forward. Place a 'deposit" which is nothing more than a credit limit with a credit card; it's not really a deposit. You choose your credit limit. A potential buyer can ask a question(s) and the Rinkya staff will reply. The seller...

will be good to see an addition to the 'known' examples ....... bring it on ....... :)

As I stated in the OP from 2018 I have seen only a hand full of these Bacchus BLS solid quilt top examples; as far as I can tell they are BLS-DX. All of these very few examples I have seen have a slight bluish tint to the inlay material which is very curious. When I first received this example I...