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As far as I can tell its all original including the factory schaller tuners and 3-way switch. Its in players condition, 7.5 of 10? I'll post a link to more photos and would be happy to supply specific photos as requested. Other then a few small dings and scraps there's one semi-circle scratch...

My Love Rock goldtop project continues...I'd like to swap out the pickups and was wondering what others have tried. Here's the guitar... I play mostly clean with some light blues crunch sometimes. The existing PUPs, '57 Vintage Mk II (?), actually sound very good to me but a bit compressed...

Hi folks, Just received a lovely LS-50 Goldtop from Japan. Unfortunately all three tuners on one side were hit during shipping and the back of the turners are loose and unusable. I've heard that its nearly impossible to get the backs on tightly again so....Where can I get replacements? Are...

...So I finally got around to working on my newly purchased st-50. I removed the old output jack and replaced it with one I had bought from Stewmac but it doesn't fit! Its too long and the back part hits the wood inside the cavity. The original Tokai jack has more threads so it can be...

Hi folks, I picked up a '84 st-50 on ebay in nice condition but she's not nice to listen to. Ackkk. Super noisy plugged in. You can hear the pickups but only barely. I haven't had the soldering iron out for awhile and I was wondering where you guys might recommend I start looking for the fix...

(Both sold) The tokai's in 'players' condition and has some marks on the finish and a couple small chips on the edges. Plays, sounds great. Frets and neck are in very good shape. I bought it a few years ago for $600 + shipping and would like to get that out of it. (sold) The Burny is a solid...

Hi all, Just picked up a Silver Star 7okai off of Ebay, a TSS-85! I had to get it, I figured I wouldn't see a high end model like this again for awhile. Anyhow, I took a look at the pickups and at first I thought, **** someone swapped in some cheap-*** pickups. They had black plastic backing...

Hello all, I've been hit by gas lately but its time to pay the piper so a few of these recently acquired tokai's have to go. The st-55 is missing its sticker but I can see in that it once was a 7okai with serial # 1024158. Thanks to some input from folks on this forum I've determined that the...

Hello all, I recently purchased a 7okai Springy Sound st-55n, serial number 1024158, which i believe makes it a '81. Here's some pics.... http://www.astro.cornell.edu/~shannon/images/tokai55body.jpg http://www.astro.cornell.edu/~shannon/images/tokai55body2.jpg...

Hey all, I purchased this guitar from Japan to be a collector item. The problem is I'm no collector. Guitars should be played and I already have a slightly beat (but wonderful) TSS that I play so this one just sits in the closet. I think you can get to the photos by viewing this old topic...

Hey all, For the last several years I've been playing Strats mostly including some Tokai Silver Stars and a Goldstar Sound. A couple of years ago I bought a Gibson Studio but sold it after a few months, the bridge pup was ok but the neck seemed murky to me and the guitar just lacked 'mojo'...

Hello all, I've come under the spell of a Tokai SG that I saw on ebay but I'm not all that familiar with them. Are there any SG owners out there? What has your experience been? I was looking thru the catalogs and the first SG I noticed was in the 1984 catalog. The one on ebay appears to be a...

Hey all, I've seen a couple Tokai Tele in ebay like this one... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=911309288 ...which appear to have the more modern 6 string saddles rather then the vintage 3 saddles with 2 strings each. I'm puzzled because I don't recall seeing any teles...

Hey all, I've found my 'end all /be all' Silver Star (an nos 1983 model) so its time to thin out some of the ones I bought to try out.... I have 2 7okai's style Silver Stars. One's a sunburst in excellent shape, the other's a oly white body in pretty good shape. Both have rosewood - thin...

Hey all, I recently bought this nos Tokai Silver Star (model 38) from a store in Japan. Check out some of the photos... body with price tag back of head stock head stock full body orig. accessories back There is a hairline crack in the finish on the back which is probably why it was still...

Hey all, I have a 7okai Silver Star, Oly white body and I'm looking to return it to stock with some original pickups. The pick guard and wiring has been changed on my guitar as well so if you have that great. Drop me an email if you can help. [email protected] thanks

Hey all, I recently bought a '84 vintage Silver Star in nice condition and thought I'd share my initial observations... As with the other tokai (a Goldstar) I own this guitar is very nicely put together. The neck is perfect and the fit and finish are excellent. The neck feels/looks a bit...

Hey all, I'm the happy new owner of an '84 Goldstar strat in what appears to be all original condition. I'm a bit puzzled by something, hopefully you can enlighten me... The pickups overall are not terribly noisy, but what's weird is that the buzz is the same no matter what the pickup...