Hi all
I have recently discovered Tokai guitars on recommendation, i must admit i used to be a hardcore Gibson and Fender only guitar guy. I already own two Gibson US guitars, one is an ES-175 of 1990 and another one is a Flying V Faded of 2002; both are great etc, i also own a Fender Strat Deluxe+ of 1993 with Lollar pickups, amazing guitar as well.
So to complete my collection , recently i was looking into buying a Gibson LesPaul guitar. The only LesPaul guitars corresponding to my "tight" budget were the ones from the Faded and/or Studio line from Gibson USA. I have finally got convinced to try out a Tokai Love Rock guitar and i totally fell in love with it in the store.
There was just no question.. for the same price range, this Tokai (LC 125 S SEB) was totally superior in quality and in sounding compared to the entry level Les Paul guitars from Gibson USA (Faded and Studio) , i immediately proceeded for checking out.
Its been 3 days now that im playing it, as i mostly play and record in studio, i have various guitar pre amps (mesa/boogie Vtwin rack, TubeWorks RealTubesII, Sansamp PSA, a marshall EL84 power amp and a Palmer PGA-04 speaker simulator).
The sound is just... astonishing, the guitar feels like a dream, the tone depth , the "honky" sound etc and that sustain that will never end .. etc i had to regain consciousness several times. the guitar matched all my expectations for the typical "LesPaul" sound ive been looking to get.
So, nowdays how much do you think you need to spend in a trully GOOD Les Paul guitar? does it really have to be a Gibson USA, and an old made though..from the 80's, 90's ? .. and of course preferably a Customshop.. how much ? $2.000 ? $3.000 ? more? that is really not reasonable.
it's 2008, i think its time to change our mentalities.... and that's what i did though. 8)
I have recently discovered Tokai guitars on recommendation, i must admit i used to be a hardcore Gibson and Fender only guitar guy. I already own two Gibson US guitars, one is an ES-175 of 1990 and another one is a Flying V Faded of 2002; both are great etc, i also own a Fender Strat Deluxe+ of 1993 with Lollar pickups, amazing guitar as well.
So to complete my collection , recently i was looking into buying a Gibson LesPaul guitar. The only LesPaul guitars corresponding to my "tight" budget were the ones from the Faded and/or Studio line from Gibson USA. I have finally got convinced to try out a Tokai Love Rock guitar and i totally fell in love with it in the store.
There was just no question.. for the same price range, this Tokai (LC 125 S SEB) was totally superior in quality and in sounding compared to the entry level Les Paul guitars from Gibson USA (Faded and Studio) , i immediately proceeded for checking out.
Its been 3 days now that im playing it, as i mostly play and record in studio, i have various guitar pre amps (mesa/boogie Vtwin rack, TubeWorks RealTubesII, Sansamp PSA, a marshall EL84 power amp and a Palmer PGA-04 speaker simulator).
The sound is just... astonishing, the guitar feels like a dream, the tone depth , the "honky" sound etc and that sustain that will never end .. etc i had to regain consciousness several times.
the guitar matched all my expectations for the typical "LesPaul" sound ive been looking to get.So, nowdays how much do you think you need to spend in a trully GOOD Les Paul guitar? does it really have to be a Gibson USA, and an old made though..from the 80's, 90's ? .. and of course preferably a Customshop.. how much ? $2.000 ? $3.000 ? more? that is really not reasonable.
it's 2008, i think its time to change our mentalities.... and that's what i did though. 8)
