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No catalog, so might as well gather examples from this year of production.

Models

LS136F (LD)
LSS230 (SYW, CH)
FA245 (VS)
 
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LS136F LD

2020 Tokai Love Rock LS-136F LD Vintage Series Japan, Lemon Drop, Upgraded W/Bare Knuckle Nail Bomb Pickups & Ltd Edition Case

BRAND: Tokai
MODEL: LS136F LD
SERIES: Vintage
INSTRUMENT: Electric Guitar
SHAPE: LP
COLOUR: Lemon Drop
DEXTERITY: Right
STRINGS: 6
STRING TYPE: Steel
BODY: Two-Piece Mahogany with Book-Matched Flamed Maple Veneer on Maple Cap
NECK: One Piece Mahogany Set Neck
NECK STYLE: Hybrid 50’s/60’s Medium
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood
FINISH: Thin-Skin Polyurethane
MACHINE HEADS: Gotoh Kluson Style
BRIDGE: LS-VB Bridge with LS-VT Tailpiece
PICKUPS: Bare Knuckle Nailbomb
ELECTRONICS: Gotoh and Switchcraft
WIRING: Modern Style
SCALE LENGTH: 24.75″
NUT: Bone 43mm
FRETS: 22
COUNTRY: Made in Japan
WARRANTY: 5 Years
HARD CASE: Deluxe Tokai Hard Case
LENGTH: 1004mm
DEPTH: 59mm
UPPER BOUT: 232mm
WAIST: 184mm
LOWER BOUT: 329mm
WEIGHT: 9.8lb

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LSS230 SYW

SN 2043531

Tokai LSS230 Love Rock special 2020

BODY: Honduras Mahogany One pieces
NECK: Honduras Mahogany one piece set-neck
NECK Profile: Asymmetry U shape / 22F / R300
SCALE: 625.00mm
FRETS: Sanko SBB-213(Medium Jumbo Size) Made in Japan
Fret Over Binding
NUT: Cowe Bone (Width:43.0mm)
FINGERBOARD: Indian Rosewood
BRIDGE: HLS-VB (Brass Saddle) Bridge
TAILPIECE HLS-VT Aluminium Tailpiece
PICKUPS: PAF-Vintage MK2 2x
CONTROLS: 2 vol, 2 tone, 3way sw (Switch craft)
VOLUME POT: CTS
CONDENSER: Sprague Orange Drop
JACK: Switchcraft
FINISH: Nitrocellulose Finish
COLORS: CH(Cherry), SYW(See Through Yellow).

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FA245 VS

SN 209262

2020 Tokai FA245 ES-Style Hollowbody Archtop Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst w/ Case & Tag, Japan

Up for sale, a 2020 Tokai FA245 in showroom clean condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case and hangtag. Representing the highest tiered models in Tokai's current range, the Premium Series instruments are crafted by a small team of luthiers in Tokai's Hamamatsu facility. No detail was overlooked in this faithful and uncompromising recreation of Gibson's golden age ES-175, which features a nitro lacquer Vintage Sunburst high gloss finish, Tokai's PAF-Vintage Mk2 humbuckers, CTS pots and Switchcraft jacks, Sprague Orange Drop tone caps, and Gotoh-made hardware including an ABR-1 bridge with brass saddles. Tonewoods include Canadian maple top, back, and sides, and an African mahogany neck capped with an Indian rosewood fingerboard.

The guitar has a round, sweet-sounding acoustic voice with both articulation and breadth, and the instrument is currently strung with Thomastik flatwound 11s. THe PAF-Vintage Mk2 humbuckers deliver an array of vital and clear tones, with an authoritative and airy bridge pickup that is sensitive to pick attack, and a fat, smooth neck pickup ideal for complex chording and spirited lead work. Featherweight at 6lbs 10oz, we've further dialed in the factory setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with easy-playing action and accurate intonation.

The one-piece African mahogany neck has a modestly slender C-shaped profile carve with just enough roundness in the shoulders and a fast, easy-playing feel, measuring .835" deep at the 1st fret and .910" at the 9th. The bound Indian rosewood fretboard features split parallelogram inlay and perfect medium jumbo fretwire, playing cleanly up the 24 3/4" scale with a straight neck and responsive, optimally adjusted truss rod. The bone nut measures a full 1 11/16" in width, and the headstock features Kluson-style Gotoh tuning machines with greened buttons and a very smooth, reliable response.

The electronics function flawlessly, with dedicated Volume and Tone knobs for each humbucker, and the nickel hardware is positively gleaming including the Gotoh ABR-1 bridge with brass saddles and the trapeze tailpiece. Plastics comprise a quartet of amber bonnet knobs and a floating four-ply pickguard with a few requisite pick scuffs across the guard. There's barely a scratch on the high gloss nitro lacquer Vintage Sunburst finish on the body, and the gloss on the neck profile is similarly pristine.

The original hardshell case and hangtag is included.

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