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    New Git

    nice
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    Tokai HLS-420 Any other owners out there?

    Wish I knew what the heck that stood for?
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    Tokai HLS-420 Any other owners out there?

    Man I'd love to try the Fralins. But I'm a big chicken :( I went with a known quantity, and got the Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates... They actually compliment the guitar very well. It's very harmonically rich. I picked up my Gibson '98 Standard with SD Alnico IIs and I have to say the Tokai...
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    Tokai HLS-420 Any other owners out there?

    Do you have any idea what the K stands for? I am going to try a SD neck pup soon, so Ill see if it's in there.
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    Tokai HLS-420 Any other owners out there?

    Roger, I'm still trying. Jacco, I haven't opened it up yet. I'll shoot some pics when I do.
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    Tokai HLS-420 Any other owners out there?

    Ha, I had to go look up Gil Yaron! :) I will no doubt take it to my tech to let him drill for the pickguard mouting, I'll see what he has to say. Yeah, it definitely feels "right". I sure wish I knew what the guys at Hibiki were thinking when they wound the pups though....
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    Tokai HLS-420 Any other owners out there?

    I bought this guitar last year and could not bring it home. Any way I finally got it back from Japan and it's everything I remember. I picked it as it was the least flamed of the bunch :) From straight on it sometimes looks like a flattop. But from the side the flame is evident. Changes: I...
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    sg-175 vs gibson sg standard or 61 reissue

    Actually don't recall saying anything about their sound. But now that you mention it, nothing special in that department. Bad decision to keep a piece of crap because it's supposed to be cool. But rock on... :P And for the record, if it were truly were a tone monster, I'd keep it too. But not...
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    sg-175 vs gibson sg standard or 61 reissue

    Spend your bread as you see fit. But for me, if I order a $3000 guitar and I see tool marks on the fretboard it's going back. You want to settle for that have at it. As far as finding fault with every maker, that's for sure. But to the point of this thread, Tokai seems much more consistent. As...
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    sg-175 vs gibson sg standard or 61 reissue

    My take too. I ordered 4 Gibbie R6s before I got one put together properly. 1 even had the tone pots unwired!!!!!!! HELLO!!! I have seen poor quality control on Gibbies that I haven't seen with Tokai. But the best guitar I played was a Gibson R9 in Shibuya. Go figure. Love that pic of the girl...
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    Tokai Love rock loves my superlead for recording : )

    I keep going back and forth. I really like the Super100JH too, but it's sort of muddy? compared to the SL... I recorded a new track, live in the basement called Lucy's Lament with my Tokai Love Rock (Seth Lovers) and my 71 superlead. No pedals... it's here http://www.myspace.com/joewgorman
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    Headstock angle

    Hmmmmm. The mystery deepens....
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    Headstock angle

    I tried searching but the search engine returned a bunch of stuff that I wasn't after. I already apologize as I am sure it's been asked a bunch. But, we all gravitate toward Tokai because of their consistently high quality, attention to detail and we probably all know the story of Billy...
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    I'm one of the luckiest guys alive!

    Cool story :D
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    Vibramate B7 kit for Bigsby B7 Tremolos for Love Rocks!!!

    For some reason I have it in my evil head that gold bigsbys on black lesters (love rocks) with gold hardware looks cool. But i shudder when I see them on pretty flametops. Just my deal... I have a bigsby on a FJ tele. I think Bigsbys are cool! I love those old Duane Eddy sounds.....
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    3 days in the studio with my LS Custom and 2 Marshall Amps.

    Dude, don't apologize for that amp! :D The DSLs are awesome, you can nail all manner of classic marshall amps with that thing, plus with your Tokai, that's a very classy looking rig. I gigged one for about 5 years when they first came out. I only ever used the clean chanel with the crunch...
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    3 days in the studio with my LS Custom and 2 Marshall Amps.

    Thanks Diamond. For this recording, the backing tracks are marshall 2061x through a 1x12 open back with a Celestion heritage greenback. All the leads/spice is a marshall 2555 with a 4x12 slant cab with G12Cgreenies. The Bassplayer has an old superlead converted to superbass for live work. But...
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    3 days in the studio with my LS Custom and 2 Marshall Amps.

    And this is all I have to show for it?! I just posted a new tune called The Incantation. One rythym track is a Gibbie R6 but the other backing track and ALL the leads/spice etc is my LS Custom Tokai with SD Seth Lovers. Man I love that vibe....it's just so juicy It's here...
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    Billy Gibbons and Tokai

    Cool ! I'm glad I wasn't posting a "yes we know!" clip! :D
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