'Rockinbetter' John Lennon 325

[glennon]

I've just bought a Tokia 'Rockinbetter' John Lennon style 325, and it's stunning, I've played Rickenbackers in the past and this guitar is simply the best quality copy Ricky I've seen and I've seen them all, it plays and sounds amazing.
I've got the left handed version a rare thing to find in copy Rick's and it was the same price as a Righty!!, it is very hard to tell it from the real deal both sound and look.
The Rockinbetter range also covers many of the instruments used by The Beatles from basses to Electro Acoustics, if anyone out there is interested in obtaining any of these stunning instruments PM me and I'll let you know the contact details.

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[glennon]

Rockinbetter RG40 Electric Guitar Left Handed

Specifications,

21 frets, F/B, Lenght 41 cms 18 inch
F/B: Rosewood
Set-Neck Neck: Hard Maple
Jetglo Finish
Dot inlays
Three Toaster Rickenbacker Style Pickups
Kluson Machineheads

 

[dombat]

short scale neck?
semi-hollow body or solid body? wood?

 

[glennon]

short scale neck?
semi-hollow body or solid body? wood?

Rickenbacker Rockinbetter

? Body Type: Semi-Hollow Solid
? No. Frets: 21 21
? Scale Length: 52.7 cm (20 3/4'')
? Neck Width at Nut: 41.3 mm (1 5/8'') 1 5/8?
? Neck Width at 12th Fret: 49.2 mm (1 15/16'') 49 mm
? Crown Radius: 18.42 cm (7.5'')
? Body Wood: Maple Basswood ? Neck Wood: Maple
? Fingerboard Wood: Rosewood Rosewood
? Weight: 3.2 kg (7.0 lbs.) 7lbs
? Overall Length: 87.6 cm (34 1/2'') 37
? Overall Width: 32.4 cm (12 3/4'') 12
? Overall Depth: 38.1 mm (1 1/2'') 1 1/2
? Neck Binding: No No
? Fret Marker Style: Dot Dot
? Tailpiece: Accent Vibrato Solid 'R' piece

? Neck Type: Set-in Set in
? No. of Pickups: 3 3
? Type of Pickups: Vintage Single Coil Toaster Top? Toaster
? Output Type: Mono Mono
? Machine Heads: Deluxe Vintage repro Kluson Style

 

[sallyg]

Looks amazing!! Let me know if you ever want to sell it!! I'd love to find one just like that!!

 

[Sigmania]

This thread is 12 years old. I doubt they will see your message, but who knows?

 

[ATO]

Were these definitely made by Tokai?

 

[Sigmania]

The Tokai Rick copies I have seen are Korean.

Not sure about the ones badged Rockinbetter.

2000 catalog

 

[Sigmania]

I would not doubt if these were made by the same folks that brought us Fakais. In other words unlicensed Korean mfr.

 

[Homer J. Simpson]

Unless I see pictures proving that I'd say no.

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/19...t-a-rickenbacker-a-rockinbetter-isnt-a-tokai/
The story is convoluted because some Tokai distributors made it complicated by claiming they were made in "Tokai's Chinese factory" and such but even if that's true <sound of can of worms opening>, what does the Tokai name matter when it's not on the guitar, which wasn't made in Japan anyway?

 

[Sigmania]

That sounds exactly like the Fakai situation.

 

[Homer J. Simpson]

Yup, except this time there is probably no Canadian or other Dillion involved, just Tokai UK and (former, known for doing shady business with the name) Tokai AUS.

I think I said that before - Tokai didn't do themselves any favor by allowing outsourced production under the same brand in first place and then shrouding that all in mystery. I hope the new Tokai owners/operators are really putting an end to this.

 

[Sigmania]

Agreed. If you build a brand based on "quality before quantity" you need a reliable way to discern what is in fact a Tokai product.

That whole deal with no serial numbers on most Korean Tokais was nuts.

 

[Sigmania]

Most of the ones I have seen don't have a serial number, but this one does. It is Chinese and made by one of the factories that made Tokais in China.

CN serial number from 2010.

Rockinbetter 330 2000's Black Guitar For Sale Twang

 

[Sigmania]

Here's a Greco.

Greco JLG-75 Electric Guitar Matsumoku Japan | eBay