Tokai Single Coil Pickups

[Sigmania]

….I have seen twonversions of the E , one about 5.9 k ohms , and the other about 6.2. I like the under wound a little more....

 

[Sigmania]

Tokai TST 55 Stratocaster 1984 Lake Placid Blue | Reverb

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Good pic of VII pickup

 

[Sigmania]

What are these unmarked pickups?

1987 pot date

Pirk's guitars and amps ! - Tokai Custom Edition Stratocaster (MIJ)

 

[Sigmania]

MKIII

Even though I can’t confirm a date of 1984 for a TST40 because they don’t seem to have pot codes in this period, the 1984 catalog has them in it.

Ceramic MKIII pickups on a 1987 TST40R OW

What Tokai do I have

 

[Sigmania]

Tokai strat pickups

Feb. 16, 2015

Peter Mac:

From 1978 - 1984 the grey bobbins were
ST Vintage (E) = 5.7 ohm avg
ST Vintage MkII (U) = 6.2 ohm avg
1983 - 1987
ST Vintage (V) = 5.7 ohm avg
ST Vintage MkII (VII) = 6.2 ohm avg - or even "IIV"
All have wax covered cloth wire of Black (ground) and white (live) and staggered pole pieces. These are for the ST models.
Early ST-42 and ST-45 models has a ceramic magnet pickup but this was stopped by 1980

For the SS models the bobbins were black with Black and Blue wires, levelled pole pieces and were 'H' Hot or 'S' Super. In 1983 these bobbins became grey and the letters were stamped onto the base, similar to the ST series.

In all, the 'E' series are the most sought after. As far as the 'T' model goes, I have not seen them, so they could be from 1990 and later models.

Peter

 

[Sigmania]

The V's on the AST '56 read 6.33kOhm all three.
The E's on the St100 N 5,99kOhm,M 5,97kOhm and B 5,93kOhm.
The E's on the St80 N 6,11kOhm,M 5,95kOhm and B 5,96kOhm.

I'm confused... Not uncommon.

See post above for what Peter Mac said in 2015.

Your readings for your V pickups are similar to what he reported for VII.

 

[Sigmania]

And I found a couple Reverb listings for VII pickups that say they are 5.8k ohm....

That is what he reported for V pickups.

Wonder if they mixed up pickups in production??

1980s Tokai Goldstar Sound VII Pickups - Set #1 | Reverb

1980s Tokai Goldstar Sound VII Pickups | Reverb

 

[Sigmania]

H marked Silver Star pickups.

5.44, 5.50, 5.53k ohm

Tokai ストラト シングルコイル ピックアップ H... - ヤフオク!

 

[Sigmania]

MKIII ?

092s Tokai トーカイ SD652 ブラック ストラトキ... - ヤフオク!

 

[settebello]

I'm confused... Not uncommon.

You can never be sure with Tokai.

 

[Sigmania]

Beginning to wonder if it is accurate to think of these pickups with the blue lead wire as SS pickups?

I am seeing them on Super Edition guitars also.

Tokai Super Edition - Real or Fake

 

[Sigmania]

I noticed the other day when I was cleaning up the melted spacers on my 1983/84 Goldstar ST70's pickups that the material they are made of seems like an alloy of some sort?

Seems metallic with particles in it that sparkle and reflect light.

Pretty wild.

 

[bluejeannot]

Anyone for T ?

 

[Sigmania]

Anyone for T ?

Any more info?

 

[bluejeannot]

Any more info?

Complete mystery to me.Never seen them before!

 

[bluejeannot]

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[Sigmania]

Interesting. Flat poles. Black covers.

 

[Sigmania]

Looks like the VII (MKII) pickups might extend to 1990 at least?

Tokai St-50 Goldstar Sound Strat Neck, Pickups And Parts | #1775960479

 

[Sigmania]

U pickups

6.24k Ohm
6.36k Ohm
6.61k Ohm

Tokai U Stamped Pickup Set | eBay

 

[Sigmania]

H stamp gray bobbin with an L White cover?

10.9 kΩ

1987年製 TOKAI L.WHITE SDS-DRIVE Single coil ... - ヤフオク!