1982/83 Block Logo Gallery

[Sigmania]

Wanted to start a gallery of the examples of these rare birds as they pop up.

Sold in the UK only I believe?

Presumably the block logo is based on this earlier logo used in 1978 & 1979 in catalogs?

Likely a result of Fender taking action against Tokai re: the spaghetti logo?

There were 4 different versions of the block logo decal.

Springy



1 - This is the exact replica of the good old (strat)"

SN 12633



2 - "Made in Japan by rock and roll fanatics"

SN 11052
SN 11058 (December)
SN 11259
SN 11279
SN 12868
SN 13583

SN L05164

Goldstar



3 - "Made in Japan by rock and roll fanatics"

SN 14747
SN 16131 (June)

4 - "The qulality musical instruments of the world"

 

[Sigmania]

Rare 1983 ST55 SO.

Sonic Blue

https://reverb.com/uk/item/11851323-tokai-springy-sound-1983-block-logo-st55

 

[Sigmania]

 

[Sigmania]

 

[Sigmania]

 

[Sigmania]

ST55 FO

https://www.strat-talk.com/threads/finally-done-the-deal-with-tokai-springy-sound.447369/

 

[Sigmania]

Block logo Breezy

http://tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=25326

 

[somebodyelseuk]

TST55 (and a 2020 TST95)

 

[somebodyelseuk]

TST55 (and a 2020 TST95)

 

[somebodyelseuk]

 

[Sigmania]

Nice. The 55 looks brand spanking new. Gorgeous.

 

[somebodyelseuk]

Nice. The 55 looks brand spanking new. Gorgeous.

Thanks. 'She's' very photogenic, but in the flesh, there's plenty of dents and scratches.
Plays and sounds heavenly.

 

[Sigmania]

https://guitar.com/features/maxi-jazz/


“The next one was my Tokai, which I bought in a pet shop! It was a bright red Strat right in the window, £125, so I went in there and bought it. This was 1984. I started to write little riffs and funky things, four-chords riffs and little progressions, but that was pretty much it. All I would do is jam along to the radio, I never really learnt too many chords. Various guitar players would say, ‘Maxi have you tried this chord, or do you know about this one?’ and I just taught myself over the years, and I never really took it seriously until maybe 10 years ago.”

 

[Sigmania]

Matching head stock block logo ST55.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/tokai-1983-goldstar-sound-st-55-100-250933629

 

[Sigmania]

Possibly a second one?

http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15994

 

[Sigmania]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...Edition-/185340409789?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

 

[ATO]

Sales invoice for a block logo Springy purchased in the UK Oct 1982 - taken from a FB Tokai Community page.

 

[Sigmania]

That's really cool. Thanks for posting ATO.

And that price....

I did some calculations.

179 pounds is $236.17 USD (current conversion rate).

Adjusted for inflation, today that would be $672.74 USD for a block logo ST50.

 

[ampmaker]

Here is my Gang of Three, three shades of red:

It's now a Gang of Two (Springy on the right has since been sold).

 

[Sigmania]

Wow......

What model is the red one with gold hardware? 8)