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

Sold in the UK only I believe?

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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?


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There were 4 different versions of the block logo decal.

Springy

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

SN 12633

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

SN 11052
SN 11058 (December)
SN 11259
SN 11279
SN 12868
SN 13123 (November, ST55FO, re-badged as a Fender)
SN 13583 (November)
SN 14167 (November)

SN L05164

Goldstar

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

SN 14747
SN 16131 (June)

4 - "The qulality musical instruments of the world"
 
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“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.”
 
Sales invoice for a block logo Springy purchased in the UK Oct 1982 - taken from a FB Tokai Community page.

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That's really cool. Thanks for posting ATO.

And that price.... :eek:

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.
 

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