Tokai Phoenix Logo

Sigmania · Friday at 3:31 PM

Collecting examples of these.

They seem to appear in 1983 for the first time.

Maybe Voidoid56 is right? Maybe it is a phoenix and represents emerging from the turmoil with Fender in 1982 and reorganization?

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Tokai ALC62 Snow White | Reverb

Sigmania · Friday at 3:32 PM

Adaptation of the sign Iain Black took a picture of on his trip to the factory in 2016.

Tokai factory tour, Hamamatsu, Japan 1.6.16

Sigmania · Friday at 3:35 PM

1983 FVD70

Etched Tokai Branded Pickups ?

Sigmania · Friday at 3:38 PM

Voidoid56 said:
I mean, what is that? A stylized mynah bird? A feathered serpent? Or could it be Phoenix rising from the ashes? If indeed Fender Japan brought down Tokai in 84-85 this could be a discreet way of saying "we're back".