Recent content by -Alan-

Hi. Been a while since I posted here. Been looking for an SG for a while, and finally came to the conclusion I'd like a decent high end Tokai one. Only criterion at the moment is that it must be a lacquer finished version (not hard shiny poly) - so that means it should probably be one of the...

Its back... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/80s-REBORN-LP-TIGER-FLAME-TOP-TONE-MACHINE/124184910043?hash=item1ce9ff58db:g:QQkAAOSwKtVeofxC

Leaving aside the price.. In woodwork terms - can't help wondering what has actually gone on there: looks like somebody has (poorly) crafted a veneered top to a Les Paul/LoveRock type body, and attacked the pickup cavities with some kind of routing device. Does that sound about right ?

That's a fine looking trio Mario - I've never seen them in either red or green. That is a gorgeous quilted on the green btw :) Did you swop out the pickups on the yellow - and if so, what did you put in ?

I think that's genuine, and a decent guitar for the money. Lovely solid (ie non-veneered) maple cap with subtle flamed finish, and the variety of dings captured abs shown clearly. Only issues I would have are minor - there's no picture to confirm its a one piece back, and the ad mentions a...

Looks like a decent 'player grade' lower end LS65-LS85 model to me - plenty of use, upgraded wiring and tuners. If you want a better guess, post a couple of pics of the back and/or the front pick cavity so we can see what kind of wood & construction it has, and that would help hugely.

No need to login and check the answers btw - or thank anybody - all part of the service the good folk on here provide. Always a pleasure dealing with one-post transients, yessiree :)

Well if it's any help to anybody - I ran the diagnostic checks as described in the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzBPxKpvq0 and can confirm for the two sets of Tokai humbucker I have (one pair off a c. 2004 Love Rock 2 and another pair of uncertain provenance but believed to be...

Can you still ship guitars into the USA easily enough from overseas - or do those CITES restrictions come into play for individuals as well as companies ?

On a related but slightly different note... I have a spare set of LoveRock Humbuckers I want to fit into another guitar. The pickups have the following wiring colours: White - Black Red - Green I know the White and black wires are fitted to one coil, and the red and green to the other. Can...

I don't know if it helps - but there's a wiki page which certainly confirms a manufacturing link up between Tokai and Fender.. "Tokai and Dyna Gakki produced the Fender Japan solid-body models from 1997 until the end of the Fender Japan joint-venture in 2015."...

Ah - it's coming back to me now, that's actually the original specification: volume splits the neck, and the tone splits the bridge :) What added to my confusion is the the other LoveRock2 I have was retrofitted with Irongear humbucker sized p90s by the previous owner. With no coils to split...

Ok. Dunno if these crappy iPhone pics are going to be any use, but here goes: The LS105Q: General shot of the cavity.. Back of bottom (tone) push-pull control.. Back of upper (volume) control.. Back of 3-way toggle switch: Hope they're some use :) Thx, Alan

That's a good idea ..will do :)

I own two of these guitars, so should know the answer.. :oops: The Love Rock 2 has two humbuckers, one master volume control and one master tone control. Each of these is a push-pull type. Is the functionality: 1) The master controls are push-pull - with each one splitting one humbucker into...