Hi.
I have an EGF-1800 made in 1981(I believe it's 1800).
According to Greco's catalog, it's lacquer finish and the fretboard is made of brazilian rosewood.
but it looks like poly finish and rosewood fretboard....
I wonder if it's actually lacquer and brazilian rosewood as described on the...
old Tokai guitars don't have the MIJ sticker anywhere.
that fake is probably a Korea or China-made one. it's pretending a Japan-made guitar using that sticker that was brought from somewhere. I guess so.
it's the questionnaires paper for insurance. every Fernandes guitar has it.
1 : Model - RLG-70 LH
2 : date you bought this guitar
3 : date you mail this card out
4 : the distinction of sex
5 : age
6 : occupation
7 : what kind of music do you play?
8 : what pedal/stomp box do you use?
9 : who is...
I found the same model on this shop's website.
http://www.hiranogakki.com/eg/060816/01/item.html
the shop says their RLG-70 was made in the early 90s and it has VH-1 pickups.
there isn't any useful info on those papers. they only say it was made by Fernandes and was sold by Shimokura Gakki...
No. Tokai guitars are not plentiful in the shops that well known among the foreigners like Ishibashi.
Yes. I know a shop that has a strong connection with Tokai.
the manager of that shop is a man who was working at Tokai for long.
he knows everything about old Tokais...
serial says it was made in 1980 but there's no super real text on headstock. and body top is plain maple. so I guess it's an EG-450 or 500 which was made just before Greco started the Super Real Project.