Congrats, that's a fantastic looking Love Rock. Is the neck size similar to the specs I posted? Seems Tokai keeps the neck size closer to real vintage burst specs rather than the oversized (i.e. .920 and up) necks Gibby likes to put on Historics.
I bought my Goldtop from YashooMusic also. Yasuo...
The neck as measured on my 2009 LS160 Goldtop is:
.855 @ 1st fret
.930 @ 12th fret
Replying to this so that the info is on record somewhere in this forum and can be searched.
I have a new LS160S and I am certain it has a poly main finish. Whatever nitro is applied over the poly is minimal at best.
I changed out the nut this weekend on this guitar as the string spacing wasn't to my liking. In scribing the finish at the nut to prevent chipping when removing the...
I have recently acquired a LS160S and find it to be a very good guitar. I also agree with some in this thread that the stock P-90's could be bettered.
I have Lollar P-90s in a Gibson Les Paul Special so I can roughly A/B the guitars back-to-back and the Lollars sound crunchy turned up past 8...
I just recently bought a new Love Rock in a quilt top, I'll post picture when it arrives.
Like you pimphat, I also paid about the same amount of money. Don't think it is an unreasonable amount when the hit rate on scoring a good <$1K Gibson brand new is not a favorable bet. TBD how the Tokai...