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1979 ls-80

Grey and wet here right now, but next time the sun bursts out i’ll see if i can capture the flames. It’s only visible in the right light.

Understated 1979 ls-80.

My 1979 ls-80. _7008448.jpg by jonwe1964, on Flickr

Would an st60 be finished in nitro? The seller claimed nitro but i can’t see any sign of the grain coming through.

I picked this up a couple of months ago and finally got to restringing it and taking a few photos. It was sold to me as an 84 st50. Everything straight and plays beautifully. Can anyone confirm model and year please. Tokai st50 by jonwe1964, on Flickr More photos...

Hi gitaro - welcome to the forum. There is a list of codes on the forum a few weeks ago in one of the threads but I can't find it right now so keep searching. The 10=5 type codes appear to relate to the date of manufacture and typically the control cavity code is similar to the code on the end...

Thanks Peter - appreciate the detail you give and the effort you put in.

I'm looking at this st50 on eBay in daphne blue allegedly 1984. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192283378339 The seller kindly shared photos of the neck, cavity and pickups here : http://imgur.com/a/aso2Q questions for the forum: 1: is it an st-50? 2: is the lack of serial number normal? 3: is...

Thanks for the info Peter - Tokai forum really is a mine of useful information. Absolutely loving this guitar. One thing that interests me is the inlaid logo on the headstock - did they really spend time doing that on all the models?

Sonic monkeys in there now - fitted by snakeyhips. Great sound and aged just the right amount.

Someone's handywork with the soldering iron in the body cavity: Possibly mono's though I know Snakeyhips replaced the pickups so it might be his or his luthier's.

Helena it is then. I'll get a photo of the control cavity later but I did have to resolder the caps! - J

Ah mark (villager) the beauties on your site and your comments on this forum are two of the main reasons I ended up with a Tokai. Now where did you get this guitar from? I really must come up with a name for her.....