1978 springy with a butterfly string tree.?

[Jeremycanlapan]

My tokai is said to be a 1978 springy sound it has a narrow neck plate whit no serial on it (8000963) . The serial located on tthe neck pocket . It has an original black bobbin pickups With "A" markings on the pickguard

My concern is ive seen many of 1978 springy they all have a round string tree why mine has a butterfly string tree?

I hope you can share your thoughts about it . Dont know how to post a picture here

 

[mdvineng]

it is correct and indicates which style it is made to with regard to year and neck profile.
54 V round st80<120 skunk stripe
58 U square st42<70 depending on yr
60 D square st70
64 U or V rosewood veneer no skunk square st42<120

 

[Jeremycanlapan]

it is correct and indicates which style it is made to with regard to year and neck profile.
54 V round st80<120 skunk stripe
58 U square st42<70 depending on yr
60 D square st70
64 U or V rosewood veneer no skunk square st42<120

If its a 1978 with skunk stripe , butterfly string tree what could be the St model of it and the style of it ?
Because mine looks really and early ones

 

[mdvineng]

you have been told before but here we go again.

st60-70-80 with E pups
st100-120 with dim V1 pups

this doesn't exclude someone ringing the changes in the last 42yrs :wink:

all info taken from Peter's most excellent book.

 

[felixcatus]

My tokai is said to be a 1978 springy sound it has a narrow neck plate whit no serial on it (8000963) . The serial located on tthe neck pocket .

I hope you can share your thoughts about it . Dont know how to post a picture here

Your serial number tells me its 1st (first 6 months) run of 1978.

If its a 1978 with skunk stripe , butterfly string tree what could be the St model of it and the style of it ?
Because mine looks really and early ones

What ST model? Model number? For getting closer to a model number; does it have a lacquer ('nitro') finish and 'V' neck shape?

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[felixcatus]

you have been told before but here we go again.

st60-70-80 with E pups
st100-120 with dim V1 pups

this doesn't exclude someone ringing the changes in the last 42yrs :wink:

all info taken from Peter's most excellent book.

For the record :wink: , my (1st run) 1978 ST100 came with 'E' pups.

 

[Jeremycanlapan]

you have been told before but here we go again.

st60-70-80 with E pups
st100-120 with dim V1 pups

this doesn't exclude someone ringing the changes in the last 42yrs :wink:

all info taken from Peter's most excellent book.

Mine has an original black bobbin pickup and an "A" markings on the pickguard , ive seen some also with black bobbin pickups

 

[Jeremycanlapan]

My tokai is said to be a 1978 springy sound it has a narrow neck plate whit no serial on it (8000963) . The serial located on tthe neck pocket .

I hope you can share your thoughts about it . Dont know how to post a picture here

Your serial number tells me its 1st (first 6 months) run of 1978.

If its belong to the first issue , is this a rare tokai springy sound

If its a 1978 with skunk stripe , butterfly string tree what could be the St model of it and the style of it ?
Because mine looks really and early ones

What ST model? Model number? For getting closer to a model number; does it have a lacquer ('nitro') finish and 'V' neck shape?

'How to post photos'; join a (free) photo host site, upload your photos to that site, copy and paste the BB code in your post (on this forum).

 

[Jeremycanlapan]

My tokai is said to be a 1978 springy sound it has a narrow neck plate whit no serial on it (8000963) . The serial located on tthe neck pocket .

I hope you can share your thoughts about it . Dont know how to post a picture here

Your serial number tells me its 1st (first 6 months) run of 1978.

If its a 1978 with skunk stripe , butterfly string tree what could be the St model of it and the style of it ?
Because mine looks really and early ones

What ST model? Model number? For getting closer to a model number; does it have a lacquer ('nitro') finish and 'V' neck shape?

'How to post photos'; join a (free) photo host site, upload your photos to that site, copy and paste the BB code in your post (on this forum).

If its belong to first run would it be considered as a rare one ?

From what ive heard tokai japan first 6 months is for domestic japan only no expert yet by that time