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The original pots were short shaft metric, but I replaced them with pots from the US so I also had to replace the knobs.

I have the pickups out of my guitar but I can't tell with the covers on if they're potted or not. If I get a chance on the weekend I'll pull off one of the covers and see if they're potted.

I spend a lot of time on the middle position balancing the two volume pots so it's very important for me that they work well. I guess I was lucky with the protective film. It came off quite easily. I'm glad I didn't have to deal with that!

The neck angle thing is something that Kurosawa makes a point of on their website. The other KLS special features are hide glue, hand-fitted neck joint, special top carve (based on an original 60 Burst that Kurosawa owns), the "slim neck" (also based on the Kurosawa 60 Burst), select...

It can growl, but it can sing sweetly too. It's currently vying for the #1 spot with my LS196. The LS196 has a set of Monty's PAF's.

You mentioned the pickups being lowered below the rings, mine was like that too. I think it's because the shallower neck angle (3.8º instead of 4.5º) means that the bridge and pickups have to be lower to compensate.

It's been a few days, but I finally got the guitar 'finished'. I ended up replacing the bridge, thumbwheels, tailpiece and studs with Faber parts. I also replaced the pickups with Bare Knuckle Mules, put in VIPots and Vitamin-Q caps. The original pots with the pull-up switches were almost...

Nice! Love the color. Coincidentally, I just bought a KLS170F-LW/SN from Kurosawa.

Another update on my belated NGD. It seems that the guitar Kurosawa found to replace the one I ordered (that had already been sold), was still at the Tokai factory. So there was a delay while the guitar was sent to Kurosawa and then Kurosawa sent it to me. It finally arrived yesterday and easily...

Personally, I'd get the neck repaired and refretted and leave the rest. It looks like a nice guitar just needing to be played.

I'd almost say that's good news, but sorry to hear that your guitars were marked by a stand. My LS196 has been sitting on the nitro eater for some months now without a mark. I guess I should be happy about that.

Quick update. I got a call from Kurosawa last night. Turns out the guitar I ordered had already been sold. But the guy went through their stock and found one with the same specs and a tad lighter (the one I ordered was 4.15kgs, the one I'm getting is 4.03kgs). Hopefully it will be here today...

Actually, new guitar order day. I bought one of the guitars that Kurosawa Gakki had made, KLS-170F-LW. It has a few differences from the regular Tokai's, like a slightly different neck angle, period correct body carve, slightly repositioned bridge pickup, hide glue, hand carved neck (based on a...

Definitely interested in any format.

Thanks for the information. I didn't realize that 'lacquer' had such a broad meaning. I guess some study is in order.

I wonder if anyone here has any information on this. At the end of last year I bought an LS196 with a "Tokai Lacquer Finish" sticker on it, which I assume would mean that it's finished with lacquer, rather than poly. However, when I put the guitar on a stand that is notorious for eating lacquer...

Definitely interested in whatever format it becomes available in.

It sounds fantastic. I'm really pleased with the Monty's PAFs. The original MK2's were a little too hot and bright for my taste. I have to admit to doing the cracked finish on purpose. I wish I could get it looking like that Greco, but I'm not brave enough to attempt that kind of relicing.

I changed the pickups in my LS196 so I decided to completely rewire the guitar at the same time. There wasn't really anything wrong with the original wiring, but I wanted to replace the pots and caps, and rewire the switch with the Gibson style wire. Here's the original control cavity...

I think I posted this before, but here is what I did to my '79 LS80. I simply disconnected one end of each of the original caps, and put in some Russian paper in oil caps using 50's wiring. Everything else is original.