This one looks totally a real Made In Japan Tokai LCxx. The bridegposts are directly attached to the body without metal pushings. Also note te square shaped routings in microphone cavity. https://www.dvdplaza.fi/forum/media/albums/skittaroita.350/
Matti
My simplified scheme about this in finnish ;-)
https://www.dvdplaza.fi/galleria/showphoto.php/photo/21011/title/kitaran-mekaniikka/cat/1043
S?rin?=Buzz
Kaularauta = check the truss rod
Talla = Height of the post where the stricgs touch the body ;-)
I visited Tokyo last week. In Ochanomichu I met this beauty:
https://www.dvdplaza.fi/galleria/showphoto.php/photo/24476/title/kemper-gear/cat/1043
Love at first sight. She is also a good player, unlike me ;-)
I'll be travelling to Tokyo 15-21 Feb 2015. I'd like to buy a second hand Tokai, I'm interested in models older than 1988. I want to test the guitar and possibly have a beer with the owner ;-)
Hi. throwing the first stone ;-)
This guitar does not look good. In my opinion proportions of the head stock and the shape of the control cavity does not belong to a real Tokai. I would not buy this guitar as a genuine Japanese Tokai, which this one tries to pretend.
Matti