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Yeah I am Korean. Was brought up in Canada and spent the last 8 years here in Tokyo. Had a good job here and was kinda settling down, but I decided to move back to N America for several reasons. I still think Tokyo is not in any immediate danger of harmful radiation, but there are other bigger...

I agree. When I said "western media", I was referring to mass media outside of Japan. For some reason, Europeans seem to exaggerate the situation more than anyone else. On the other hand, the Japanese government and TEPCO are being extremely conservative with cautions and release of...

There is no doubt that those working at the power plant are selfless heroes. But there have only been two people were irradiated beyond the legal limit. Western media is making a huge drama out of this. :evil:

Just letting you and others on the forum know of what I know :wink:

While you are here, I suggest doing some guitar shopping. I see lots of Gibson Historics being offered at ridiculously low prices. They apparently have cosmetic flaws, which makes me guess that they were dinged/scratched when the earthquake hit Tokyo. I am sure there are Tokais similarly...

Spent the day after the earthquake soldering Alnico II Slash into my guitar. Gotta say I am very satisfied with the sound. I found the distorted sound of MKII too muddy and boomy. I liked the clean sound of it though. I think it did the PAF-like sound quite well. SD Slash is not so...

First member from Japan checking in. First thing first for Tokai fans: as far as I know, the city of Hamamatsu where the Tokai factory is located is not seriously affected by the earthquake this time. Northern Japan, on the other hand, has taken a real hard hit. Even here in Tokyo, the...

Nice top!! Found a web page showing the repainting process of the bust on this particular guitar at the GS Universe. http://www.gs-universe.com/repair/ref_sunburst.html

Been looking around for replacement pickups for my LS. I was thinking of buying a pair of Alnico II pros, but after watching youtube clips of 59 bursts, I became obsessed with that hollow, woody sound. From what I have heard through internet video postings, it seems to me like the Antiquity...

It is a shop that I randomly walked into without paying much attention to its name. I believe it may be a branch of one of those big franchise shops like Ikebe or Kurosawa. This many Tokais in a single shop is not so rare in the Ochanomizu area in Tokyo (which was precisely the point I wanted...

Hmm, I thought that veneer tops usually don't show wood grain like a solid flame maple tops do, because the top layer is too thin to show any discernible wood grain, and obscures the grain of the cap underneath. This one showed both very clearly. Maybe I am wrong.

I bet you guys don't see a sight like this too often so I took a photo of it. Just a random shop in the Ochanomizu area in Tokyo. Randomly walked in and there were about 20 Tokai love rocks. The LS98 in the front had a beautiful flametop. As far as I can tell, it was AAA maple, not a...

Looking for pickups to replace MKIIs on my guitar and came across this on yahoo. There is very little information regarding this pickup, other than that it is from the 80s, and has a resistance value of slightly greater than 8kΩ. The seller says it might be SH1 59 or Alnico II pro. Are...

According to Tokai Gakki website, there are two authorized Tokai dealers in Okinawa . One is Fukuhara Music: http://fukuharamusic.ti-da.net/ The other is Takara records: http://www.takara-r.com/takarahp/text/takara-top.html Both appear to be very small shops and it is highly doubtful whether...

Comparing different pickups is like comparing apples and oranges (at least to me). MKIIs might be the best apples out there, but I might not be in the mood for an apple. If you are hung up on apples only, well that's your loss :wink: I want those tronbuckers from Acy's :P

A couple of images of my newly required amp While the clean sound is pretty good, the distorted sound is not too great. Any suggestions for a distortion/overdrive to complement this amp? Thanks!!

Just got the amp today. Paid a bit less than the initial price. For the size, it is one loud mofo. Very nice clean sound too. 8)

Love these pickups 8)

Hey, wrxplayer, How are the Slash pickups? I was planning on changing pickups to either SD alnico II pro or the Slash signatures, but I am kinda starting to like MKII. Still want to change them though.

My bad, according to today's rate its 167.50USD. I live in Japan so the shipping cost is about 10$. It is supposed to weigh 7.5kg, BTW.