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Likely MIC aka Made In China, judging from the head stock face

gotta love that video of BTO performing 'Taking Care of Business' with Randy playing the GR 505

(1) serial number is six digits, not the typical Tokai seven digit serial number (2) serial number font is not the typical font used by Tokai (3) bridge posts are way too thick aka not the typical much more narrow bride post seen on the typical MIJ Tokai My guess would be you may have posted photos ...

The TF has once again been high jacked by some nefarious means. There were no posts from the 14th of the month until today. I must say, the MO of the most recent Tokai Forum 'disappearance' was basically the same as the last: the forum would not allow a log-in for one to two days, and then there was...

at best that seems very sad & pathetic, on many levels

Info below from examples in TBOTB:
.900 @ fret 1 & .980 @ fret 11 = 1958 average
.883 @ fret 1 & .970 @ fret 11 = 1959 average
.831 @ fret 1 & .905 @ fret 11 = 1960 average

Hell You are Toykyo !!! I have 6 Tokai's myself so its not like i don't hold them in high esteem but..........unless your heart is set on Tokai, i'd look for some of the other makes as well. Bacchus, Crews, Navigator, Greco, Burny... the world is your oyster. I'm very envious of your visit. Enjoy y...

if you're looking at those examples you might as well go for one with a BRZ 'board; they actually look like they are less expensive

Florian, you have a PM

yo Harold, I'd bet that veneer top is an extra 50K yen


glad I bought my Momose MLS-STD/J years ago because they are double the asking price now

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/j615465923

I'll take my Momose LS over my Tokais any day; vintage, or non vintage

this thread needs a bump

Harold nailed it & it's not just vintage Tokai examples; the ole concept of 'supply & demand' is a constant.

You gotta pay to play, or look somewhere else.

Starting on December 22 at around 9:00 AM, and for at least four days, whenever I attempted to log in to the TF, I kept getting a SQL error. My last post previous to the start of getting these many days of errors was December 21, at 9:00 PM; about 12 hours earlier. After four days of not being able ...

Correct; Brazilian is highly restricted & is CITES governed within Appendix I, not Appendix II.

On August 28, 2019, CITES amended Appendix II for the export/import documentation requirement on all species Dalbergia aka Rosewood. https://www.cites.org/eng/CITES_CoP18_moves_towards_strengthened_regulations_for_tropical_trees_as_well_as_cautions_exemptions_for_rosewood_musical%20_nstruments_29082...