Recent content by mattbarlow

My guitar is in 1991 I have never see a mention of Cashew Finish so late. It has a beautiful finish and really thin I have to say you can see at the edge of the F-holes that the black is missing at some places (pic with the sticker) and its not like a ding or a chip, its a very smooth and soft...

I m very much interested in a copy of the book, sent an email to Peter also

I will post if I have better pics. No you can not see the flame throught the black stain, but you can clearly see the flames inside the F-holes where the wood is not finished. You can notice the flame also in the pic i took for you showing the ES-150 sticker.

Haha yes I love so many weird ones I have seen over the years, and so jealous of some of them.

Talking about my LS-60 are you ? :D Tokai LS60-2 by Alexandros G, on Flickr

Yes its really cool, its a hard battle between her and my '81 ES-100 in Cherry! Real quality guitar!

No mistake from you :) I made a typing mistake! Corrected it! Its DOT inlay

I also love seeing other people's rare Tokais. I don't have many pics of her so I ll post my favorite. Tokai ES-150 (ORDER MADE 1991) by Alexandros G, on Flickr 1991 TOKAI ES-150 (non catalog model)

As I stated in my post I contacted Tokai Gakki in Japan about my guitar. The guitar is the Black one with DOT inlays you see in the picture. Tokai Gakki asked me for more detailed pics and I sent many more pics of my guitar. The guitar is called ES-150 by me because it has a ES-150 sticker...

Don't know if you are interested in my 1991 TOKAI ES-150 Had made a thread about it 3 years ago http://tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24784&p=187678#p187678

3 Piece Top points straight to LS50 Maybe someone carved 80 on the fingerboard to make it look like LS80. Thing smells fishy! Someone with sharper eyes will judge the rest, I guess.

Lovely guitar! What is the neck profile on vintage ES100s? Is it generally same as the LS from the period? Any big differences?

Hello, I have a lovely TOKAI ES-150, when I got it I wasn't sure about the year of production. I contacted via e-mail Tokai-Japan, showed them some photos. "Thanks for your inquiry to Tokai Gakki. I presume the model is made in 1991 in Japan and its serial No." "Thanks for more pictures. As...

thanks so much! I love the natural shellac color of the back and neck, how do you like the gold color?

Hello! Its been long since this project was finished but every time I play the guitar I like it even more! I got a 1981 LS 50 in junk condition - top was stripped and the back was painted in something like a black marker on top of the red poly paint. I sanded the top and back all the way and...