I think this is after Eric Dixon left and Rick Harrison took over, the Doncaster address is his. I'm sure I read somewhere that Eric wasn't a fan of Les Paul's and pushed the strats instead. Prob more margin in the strats.
Eric Dixon & Blue Suede Music Ltd. UK
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"...It is more than likely that this guitar has never left Lancaster where I live. Blue Suede Music were the original importers of Tokai in the mid to late 1970's and at one point virtually everyone in Lancaster had at least one Tokai, people could just nip round to Eric Dixon's house and buy one off him at very favourable prices. I played in a band for a while with a guy who rented a room in his house and whenever I went round there there were boxes with Tokai guitars in absolutely everywhere. He ran the business from his house until he moved over to Yorkshire (Huddersfield or Bradford maybe) in the early 1980's. I think there are still quite a few Tokais in the area, probably stashed away in lofts and attics by now, waiting to be discovered by grateful children and grandchildren."
"...It is more than likely that this guitar has never left Lancaster where I live. Blue Suede Music were the original importers of Tokai in the mid to late 1970's and at one point virtually everyone in Lancaster had at least one Tokai, people could just nip round to Eric Dixon's house and buy one off him at very favourable prices. I played in a band for a while with a guy who rented a room in his house and whenever I went round there there were boxes with Tokai guitars in absolutely everywhere. He ran the business from his house until he moved over to Yorkshire (Huddersfield or Bradford maybe) in the early 1980's. I think there are still quite a few Tokais in the area, probably stashed away in lofts and attics by now, waiting to be discovered by grateful children and grandchildren."
