Ok, now I'm not sure if the body is ply or not. I think I saw the ridges in the pocket where it looks like someone did some extra routing(?) and I just thought "ply". But then I took the pickguard off, pickups out and looked in the control cavity and it looks like solid wood. I also took some...
No, I got this one in Japan. The neck and neckplate appear to be authentic. I've had other Tokais for reference. I will take it apart again and get a shot of the body, but I'm really doubting it's Tokai. Thanks.
Hi, does anyone know if Hardpuncher necks fit on standard Fender P bodies? Or have any experience with other replacement P bodies w/ Tokai necks for that matter? Thanks.
Hi, I recently picked up a Tokai Hardpuncher P-bass. I guess it's around '81 or '82 as it has the 'spaghetti' logo, serial # on the neck plate is 100668. The neck is great and has a nice grain to it. But I noticed the body was kind of light feeling, at least compared to the Tokai Hardpuncher P/J...