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The guys at Almost Tokai think this is an authentic Tokai, but are tracking down the information. They say that there were custom Tokais made for the Canadian market in addition to the fakes. Whether I have a fake or an authentic custom one is up in the air.

I contacted the retailer, and he is really great guy who got back to me right away. He stated that the Canadian distributor had permission to have models branded Tokai, and that there is a lot of misinformation out there. I don't know who is right and who is wrong, but I wanted to pass on the...

This guitar, regardless of whether it is an authentic Tokai, is really good quality. I intend to keep it and upgrade the pickups. I am just curious more than anything about whether it is authentic.

The moderator over at Almost Tokai thinks that this is actually a legit, made in Korea Tokai, but does have some questions on it. Does anyone know what pickups these guitars had in them? I want to swap them out for something, they seem very muddy.

I bought it in 2005 - well before all the Fakai stories came out.

Here are some images of the guitar:

Around Christmas 2005, I purchased a purported Tokai Love Rocks from a Canadian dealer, Serial number 050721. I never questioned that it was authentic until recently. The stock pickups were somewhat muddy, and I wanted to install Gibson Classic 57 pickups in the neck position. After looking...