Recent content by red king

Hey Garagerat Your guitar looks awesome. Honestly, if there was no picture of the headstock, it could pass for a Gibson. I picked up one at a local music store last week and noodled around on it and it plays beautifully as well. I'm thinking of buying one (or 2!!) for myself. You have alot...

True enough....the tuner installer at the Korean factory does have a bit of an issue lining them up. And true...if you put crappy pickups in a guitar, it will sound like crap. That being said....If you like the playability of your guitar and you like the sound that comes out of your amp, do...

Is a CNC machine in Korea better than a CNC machine in Japan? How do you know that the guy working in the Korean factory produces lower quality than the guy in the US factory? Maybe the Korean builder has been in the factory for 15 years and is highly skilled, while the guy in Memphis just...

Maybe we should all get new Love Rocks from JSD and form the Tokai Blues Trio in Edmonton!!! Ha Ha!!!

Hey Tokai Freak I'm in Edmonton too! Thinking about getting my first Tokai soon. I'd love to have a look at yours to help in my decision. thanks, Rory

Apparently there are a limited number of Tokai strats assembled in Canada from Japanese parts floating around out there. Does anyone own one? Has anyone played one? What are your toughts? thanks

thanks to everyone on their feedback! Red :evil:

Sneaky - What do you think of your Edwards Seymour Duncan Les Pauls? I am looking at Korean Tokais, Japanese Tokais, Korean Deans, etc. What do you think? The Edwards LP's seem to fit in the price range between the Korean Tokais on the lower end and the Japanese Tokais on the higher end of...

Does anyone know the difference between the Edwards and Navigator lines that ESP makes? Edwards models are more reasonably priced at around $750 - $900 CDN$, While navigator models are more in the neighborhood of $3,000 to $4,000. Are Edwards guitars made in Japan, or are they licensed out...

What is "Ishibashi"? A japanese retailer? Do you have a link to their web site? thanks!

I don't know if any of you have checked out JSD's site lately, but the new Love Rocks he has in are kick ***! They have really done a great job on the finish on these ones!

What companies in Japan currently produce high quality Les Paul copies? Are Greco, Orville, Burny, Edwards, etc still in business today? thanks!

I'm not sure of the differences because I have not played either, but as far as model names go, JSD Guitarshack has one on his site called the "NSG" that is a Korean model if that helps.

Even to totally gut the MIK, and replace with top of the line hardware, the guitar would cost $800 CDN with case and taxes + $500 for mods = $1,300. A Japanese LR would cost probably $1,600 or $1,700 CDN, close to the same as an Epi Elisist (with ugly headstock). After totally hot-rodding the...

Hi PMS Would the Buzz Feiten nut solve the problem you are talking about? thanks!