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To the OP: Looks like an AST40 OW, as described on page 5, from the 1984 Vol. 2 catalog. * * IMO if you want a 'good' Goldstar Sound find an example that was made for the Japan market that has the Fender style head stock. Good luck Eso es! Muchas gracias. Reference: http://bassjapanusa.ru/catalog/t...

As I stated previously, more than once; the attributes demonstrated within the photos offer great detail concerning the example. What do you see on the head stock? What do you not see on the head stock? Those are the biggies, in my book. What other attributes are obvious from the photos? Again, I am...

Hi broken, Before I posted here I offered a TF member (youami) the below PM, because he has the same user name as one of the members from the other forum that made an inquiry about the BLC with P-90s. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

What would those attributes be ?? There are some pictures but I wouldnt call them the greatest to base much on really myself. Its black so you cannot see how many pieces the guitar is at all. The board looks ebony but again I couldnt say it is for sure. I could make some of my rosewood boards look ...

Is it the non serial ebony p90 deal ?? I personally think these non serial bacchus should be called something else since they sem to have different specs to the ones that later got serial numbers. The starter series?? Lol who knows. They all seem to be called the vintage series though. Bacchus just...

So i have a few Bacchus and i have to say i'm impressed. I'm starting to look at their Strat offereing because well, i'm a guitar addict lol. I'd like to hear from anyone who has experience with the stats that have the new tradition moniker on the headstock. Here's one i'm interested in but i don't...

To the OP: Looks like an AST40 OW, as described on page 5, from the 1984 Vol. 2 catalog. Head stock decals match. The 'cheaper' tuners would be expected on the 40 (40K yen) level examples. The L21*** serialized neck plate is within the known example range from 1984. AST designates the altered (non F...

Yes, GLWTS. :) I bought that guitar from Harold & eventually sold it in 2015, along with a hard case to boot. I recall the original pickup seemed pretty hot; I used to play a lot of George Lynch/Dokken stuff on that guitar. :D One thing I have always liked about the Bacchus Vintage Series guitars ar...

I'm pretty sure they did what they did in '81 to give us guitar nerds something to talk about in 2020... Or maybe it was marketing. Yeah, I guess I would have to agree, I mean Ned put this forum together so that folks could discuss these things but Tokai must have only been making this *hit up, jus...

They will be made to different specs to replicate different les paul models of which ever era they chose to work from. Same goes for all the different neck profiles on Fender and Gibson replicas. Tokai generally pay attention to detail. I assume Tokai based the LC60 & the LS60 on 1950s' Gibson guit...

It's interesting how different guitar manufacturers 'build' their products, and it's even more interesting to see a single manufacturer build guitars differently. Take for example the 1981 Tokai LS60, and the 1981 Tokai LC60. These two guitars were made by the same company, the same year, with the s...

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Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:31 am

Never knew that dry82 is just another name for Dry Z

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great point & also, for $3500 it would be great to see some decent photos

'82 springy body lumber is most likely what is commonly referred to as Japanese sen, which seems to be similar to common ash.
that's my guess.
AFA pimping the guitar, I would just leave it as original as possible but that's just me.
Congrats on the ST-80

The fact remains, both Kurosawa & Tokai failed to properly follow-up on a customer inquiry concerning multiple issues, and for one of Tokai's most expensive LP Custom style guitars. That reflects extremely poorly on both Kurosawa & Tokai. Having this experience leaves both Tokai & Kurosawa open to s...

I wouldn't purchase any newer Tokai; why? Someone, somewhere wasn't being honest with that buyer; could have been the shop, could have been Tokai, who knows? That sullies the entire reputation of the Tokai brand IMO. It's pretty F***ed when one persons' bad experience can turn a Tokai fan away from...