Unusual Tokai Tab Routs

[Sigmania]

Just documenting the odd exceptions to the typical squarish tab routs on Tokais.

 

[Sigmania]

2010 Hibiki order.

Tokai HLS-160 CS 2010 Cherry Sunburst | Reverb

Oblong with an "K" rout in the middle?

 

[Sigmania]

Possible Tokai built Vivian Campbell model?

OEM versions of 1989 VC-75 and VC-55 with different headstock shapes

 

[Sigmania]

Another 2010 Hibiki HLS.

"K" shaped rout visible.

2010 Tokai Love Rock MH-2 pickups?

 

[AlbertaLoveRock]

Remember this one ? Oblong routed in the neck cavity

https://www.tokaiforum.com/threads/1999-ls100.27281/

 

[Sigmania]

Yeah, and it sure seems like your guitar is a special order or a shop order.

I would think that they would have had to have made a batch of any of these in order to re-set the router. Not a "one off" thing to do. More like a batch order I would think.

And your tenon is long. Not a one off.