Partscaster or Fernandes The Strat?

[Sigmania]

Not enough pics to know if the neck goes with that body, but seems interesting.

ULTRA RARE Fernandes Tokai ST " The Strat&... - ヤフオク!

 

[settebello]

Tuners are the same as on my SS60.

 

[Homer J. Simpson]

That's really odd because...

- who in their right mind would have "The Strat" brass vibratos made for them (it's an exact copy) plus golden metal knobs and then not give the guitar the matching headstock (in a time when matching headstocks were big at Fernandes anyway).

- if it were a partscaster - copies of that odd vibrato don't really float around much (this is the first I've seen).

Maybe one of these custom order jobs for a store?

Edit: Tokai made a proper "The Strat" copy indeed:

Tokai SS-70 1981 Limited Edition | Reverb

This is a Tokai SS-70 "Limited Edition" model which was based in part on the Fender "The Strat" model from the late 70's /Early 80's which had the brass knobs and bride. - Tokai U-stamped fibre based alnico pickups- Stock with the exception of a couple of screws on the back tremolo cavity co...

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Whenever I see something like that, I get insufferable GAS (for the copy, not the original, I briefly had one when they were the hot sh.t and boy did that guitar suck! ).

 

[Voidoid56]

Looks like a straight neck-swap job to me? The body seems to be a bog-standard SS-70MR with all the original parts, stamps and tells in place, married to a Fernandes FST neck. The The Function moniker was used on various superstrats. Fernandes made tons of specials, artist's models and such, but as far as I know, they stayed away from The Strat.
There is a very late (autumn '81 until Fender copy production ended in April '82) Greco version of it, labeled DSE-600 on the neck heel, but otherwise undocumented. I think those two were the only The Strat copies to come out of Japan.

I've had one SS-70, it was basically a heavier ST-50 (despite missing the brass control knobs) with a really ugly headstock shape (as per the original). Fine guitar, but nothing out of the ordinary imo.

 

[bluejeannot]

Tokai electric guitar 80's Stratocaster | eBay Some idiot has butchered this beauty. I note that the control knobs have the Tokai T embossed on them.Not sure the partscaster has.

 

[Sigmania]

Tokai version:

Tokai "LIMITED" SS-70S Gallery

At least one of the Tokais I have found had unmarked, non 7 logo, knobs.

All have matching headstocks.


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