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just an update .. last night was the first time i had the tokai 52ri tele clone out for a jam with the matched set of Seymour Duncan Vintage stack for tele (neck + bridge) pickups and the 4-way switching and new pots/cap i am THRILLED with the results .. it's like a whole new guitar ... very...

i keep looking at the wilkinson compensated bridge, but it is pretty pricey ... it was on the suhr i played and i really liked it ... i like the sound of the SD vintage stack pickups ... very rich, without being overly 'anything' - and no 'ice pick' treble ... i really like the quiet :-) ... the...

i own one of these .. in fact, it's getting new pots, cap, switch (4-way!) and pickups in the morning (i decided on seymour duncan vintage stack for tele neck and bridge set) ... amen on the nut being crap , i already changed that ... i like the bridge because the steel sounds twangy-er than...

well, i've got one of those MIK tokai '52 tele clones ... and i like it just fine ... i only paid $325 (US) for it +shipping ... it was about 9 months previously owned and barely used ... for the money, it is wonderful .. i dont confuse it with the $2100 (US) Suhr tele clone i played, but if you...

thanks tatter :D how does she intonate now? cheers t4d

i just became the owner of a (gently) used model year 2003 Tokai '52 tele RI ... i am pretty happy with it, especially after only paying $325 US for it ... i might want to replace the saddles-only or maybe even the entire bridge ... has any one here used replacement saddles, especially the...

thanks for the answers frank .. sounds like you have a real beauty! ... any chance we could see some digipics and hear some sounclips of her? peace, t4d

congrats on the new tokai 52 ... i am seriously considering one .. just a few questions, if you dont mind .. is it a swimming pool rout under the pickguard? .. i might want to convert it to a nashville and was wondering also, what size frets? neck radius? nut width? how is the grain? nice...

thanks again, loverockerUK i originally had trouble reading that webpage .. the only bit that i could see about serial numbers was a table that said 5 digit numbers on the neckplate represented 1956~1960 models !!! but now i think i get it ... the headstock gives it away oh well, wish me luck...

thanks again, loverocker and ian ... great info on the hardware checking out ... :D does anyone have any thoughts about the serial number? just 5 digits with no letters ... #21296 .. what date group would this represent? cheers, t4d

thanks for the info, sneaky ... that's a pretty guitar ... enjoy cheers, t4d

thanks ian i'm glad for the (probable) comfirmation of ash, species indeterminate :) any other thoughts on this guitar's likelihood of being genuine vs. an imposter (a la roboherb's misfortune) ? cheers, t4d

thanks loverockerUK .. i am curious about the sonic properties of sen vs louisiana swamp ash cheers, t4d

hello folks, i just found this site and am thrilled to find such a concise repository of tokai info .. i first heard of tokai back in the 80's reading a gutiar player interview with nile rogers who raved about them ... and as a fan of SRV, i knew he was into them too ... i have never had the...