Help With Identification Tokai AST

[tpnbtree]

I bought a Tokai. Please tell me about this Tokai Goldstar Sound. I searched a lot of information on the Internet and couldn’t find the closest one. Is it Tokai AST100 OR AST 88? Can you help me identify it?

 

[Sigmania]

Looks like it has the Fender correct shape headstock? Hard to tell with the angle. If it does, it is a TST rather than an AST

Have you done an acetone test in a hidden area to see if it is lacquer? In 2012 the AST/TST100 had a lacquer finish.

2012 catalog

 

[tpnbtree]

I will update some photos. I tried acetone but no response. I think the guitar is a lower-end TST-50 or something. I can confirm that it is TWO PIECES, but is it Ash OR Alder? Can you tell that the BODY is original? Thank you.

 

[Sigmania]

Yep. It all looks correct for the time period.

And it would not be a TST50 in this time period.

If it is not lacquer, then likely TST70 with specs like the AST70 shown in the catalog shot I attached above.

Color is Vintage White (VWH).

The only thing I am confused about is the stamp in the neck pocket. 24. 8. 04 These are often date stamped in this era, but it doesn't fit a date pattern, so it must be something else. The 8. 04 (August 4th) could be the date a certain process happened like cutting the blank or paint, and then finished in September.

So technically made/finished in September 2012 based on the other stamps.

 

[Sigmania]

2012 TST70 VWH

So these should be the specs:

BODY: Alder
NECK: Maple
FINGERBOARD: Maple or Rosewood
BRIDGE: ST-VK2 Tremolo
PICKUPS : ST Vintage MK3 x 3
CONTROLS: 1V, 2T, 5 way switch
COLORS: GS, BB, VWH, MR, LPB

 

[Sigmania]

And I am not sure what the E stands for. Typically we see T or F for Tokai or Fender.

It is possible this is part of a special order? Maybe in Europe? Maybe Germany for example?