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A 79 tokai LP would have a kaya (african mahogany)neck with an Indian rosewood fingerboard a kaya and maple body.

+5 made me piss myself laughing.

St 70s were fitted with E stamped pickups.Post 84 the usual digit system was
modified as was the headstock shape later,although the headstock stayed unmodified much later here in Europe. Your guitar is an 85 ST55 Goldstar in my opinion.Does it have the brass plate under the scratchplate?

Fake,avoid.

https://www.guitarfetish.com/Wilkinson- ... p_897.html I have fitted these to a couple of Goldstars.Great bridge with a proper steel block.Fits like glove;

http://www.strat-talk.com/threads/tokai ... ox.448480/ from Felix's Tokai mystery box.

https://reverb.com/uk/item/4807416-toka ... though-red This is what the genuine article looks like.

Good on you for that info Peter....................So the guitar is as I thought, a 1981 MG ST 65 Springy not some tricked out 1984 Goldstar with a fake neck plate which you originally identified it as being. According to the published specs this guitar should be fitted with ST vintage E pickups and...

http://www.strat-talk.com/threads/ngd-mint-1981-tokai-springy-sound.456372/page-2 Thanks for your thoughts Peter,it seems to me that when faced with such a mystery all we can do is theorize,piecing together what bits and pieces of info that we can gather together and sometimes we must have the guts ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z9wni2uzR8&list=RD8z9wni2uzR8&start_radio=1 Hero wrote "Great info PM 8) It would seem the whole guitar is pretty much molested, if your theory is correct, and by what we have seen so far, the example does look to be a 'partscaster' of sorts. Your knowledge for these...

http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/catalogs/oldies_p2.jpg Great info Peter,thanks for that. If I am going to have to eat humble pie then I am more than happy that you are the chef,but I am not quite ready to yet! You state "Went through my book and realised that MG (Metallic Green) was never offere...

http://www.sheppardguitars.com/ebony1.htm Like this beauty from Gerald Sheppard

http://www.wood-database.com/macassar-ebony/ Stunning guitar Harima San .Maccassar ebony is a beautiful and very expensive tonewood.Sharing as it does some of the tonal qualities of Brazilian rosewood It makes a very attractive and toneful wood for high end acoustics too.

aroomstudios wrote:Hard to say. I have a CE 2000T I bought about 6 months ago for $600 USD. The guy originally wanted $2000 or so. He just kept bringing the price down then I bought it.

That sounds like a great piece of business and an absolute bargain!