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My moderate output PAF clones are below the rings. Don't forget Tokai uses 50's style tall rings so they may not look like you're used to.

Photos would help. There may be a model number written in the pickup cavities.

That part will be a direct replacement but it will suffer the same fate eventually. Use part# SW-210-N and you'll never have problems again. It cost more but it's worth it.

First and foremost, have you tried tweaking the height of the current pickups? I find it a bit odd that someone would describe the JB/Jazz combo as lacking in those areas you mentioned, and sometimes people are too quick to start ripping things out when a few turns of a screwdriver might get the job...

Deja Vu.


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The only high end models back then were the LS200 and LS320. Below that was the quilt top model (LS85Q?). Best way to check - take the pickups out and see if the middle joint and grain lines in the cavity line up with the middle joint and grain lines on the top. If not => veneer => LS70F. I'm bettin...

Good call, tuners and neck joint and even pickups are a match!

Bridge posts, tailpiece alignment, neck joint, electronics cavity, black plates - all point to Korean-made. It's not a Tokai headstock. The original tuners were not the Kluson style. The holes are in the wrong place, there's no hole in the right place, and the residue profile is all wrong. Looks lik...

The number simply reflects list price in 000s of Yen, not a special order. As such older models with lower numbers can have higher specs than you might think.

An LS320 from 1999 for example would have Honduras mahogany, Brazilian rosewood and Seymour Duncan pickups.

2014.

Tokai have never used weight relief.

I don't know what the market is like in your country but in UK £ that comes to about 400 which is a little high but not completely unreasonable.

I would be a little concerned about the ignorance/deception in the ad though, so don't buy it without viewing it first!

Serial number says 2012, and it's definitely not MIJ.

Seller sounds clueless. What's it priced at?

GeorgeG wrote:
How important is the long tenon joint or the lacquer finish for tone?

George

Now that's a can of worms almost as big as "what is the meaning of life?"

Regardless of their actual tonal value these are premium features that mark a guitar out as a high end luxury item.

Personally I think it's a decent trade, but as always it's up to you.

Not a bargain, not a ripoff.

Can't come down on an exact figure but as a rule modifications and upgrades do not add much, if anything, to a guitar's resale value. Buyers consider them an unknown quantity and they generally want a factory guitar because you know what you're getting. Mods are a matter of taste and if they are int...