Ok, I know, it's not a guitar, it's only got five strings, but it IS acoustic and a Tokai... and the page touches on the TE-150 string bender Breezy.
I just got a mid-80's Tokai T650R banjo, bought on commission for a friend. In the process of researching it I found this page, featuring a video by ex-Byrds and Flying Burrito Bros member Gene Parson, inventor (together with Clarence White) of the Parsons-White String Bender, as featured on the 1981 Tokai TE-150 Breezy Sound Tele copy.
It turns out that he was given a banjo in the course of his collaboration with Tokai Gakki, which has been his go-to since then. He talks about meeting up with Tokai reps with some serious bluegrass banjo chops. The banjo (which I would assume is the T1200 top model) still sounds fine 40 years and a few neck-breaks later.
https://www.pegheadnation.com/instruments-gear/instrument-demos/1980s-tokai-gakki-banjo/
I just got a mid-80's Tokai T650R banjo, bought on commission for a friend. In the process of researching it I found this page, featuring a video by ex-Byrds and Flying Burrito Bros member Gene Parson, inventor (together with Clarence White) of the Parsons-White String Bender, as featured on the 1981 Tokai TE-150 Breezy Sound Tele copy.
It turns out that he was given a banjo in the course of his collaboration with Tokai Gakki, which has been his go-to since then. He talks about meeting up with Tokai reps with some serious bluegrass banjo chops. The banjo (which I would assume is the T1200 top model) still sounds fine 40 years and a few neck-breaks later.
https://www.pegheadnation.com/instruments-gear/instrument-demos/1980s-tokai-gakki-banjo/