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bblooz

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My first real (Japanese) Tokai - I had a Korean Love Rock years ago, but never bonded with it. This has an awesome '59 neck profile and the Gotoh PAFs sound awesome! It had a VibraMate plus Bigsby installed when I got it, but no extra holes, so I easily reversed it back to stop-tail. Here's some pix:

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I believe those D stamped pickups in the LS50 were called “LS HOT”.

Have you ever measured their resistance?

Is it a 1980?
 
Yes, it's a 1980 MIJ mfr. PUs measure 8.21K neck, and 8.24K bridge.
I have an 81 LS60 with those same pickups. I love them.
I tuned them up with the magnet screws. You can make all
the strings play at the same volume. Raise the screw to increase,
lower the screw to decrease. I run my pickups really low.
It increases sustain and adds some cool character to the tone.
 

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