togps
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Isn't it funny?
G* became each year more similar to its '59 LS
How long they are trying? Haha.
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106231
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106232
( It is not a secret that the Tokai LS measurement is more historic to the old '59 G* as their Reissues from the past.)
Read as well this statement of a friend:
EDIT: now the LPF Links are working!
Isn't it funny?
G* became each year more similar to its '59 LS
How long they are trying? Haha.
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106231
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106232
( It is not a secret that the Tokai LS measurement is more historic to the old '59 G* as their Reissues from the past.)
Read as well this statement of a friend:
Go ahead and let your "GAS" out and buy a Tokai! I own 1- 58- 2-59, and 1- 60 Historic Gibson Re-issue models. I also have a real 52 gold top. I have several friends who are serious collectors and they've always complained (many times directly to Gibson factory) that their Historics were not authentic recreations, and why don't you make them right? Some of the answers they got were like: wait till next year when we'll make the toggle switch right!" It seems every year they promise to get 1 more part right. Now if you're getting premium prices, why wouldn't you want the product to be as perfect and authentic as possible? The Tokai I bought isn't perfect, but it has attributes that make it more perfect than the Gibson, at $600-vs-$4500!
For instance- my Tokai has a perfectly flat deck between the 2 pick ups- so does my '52-so did a real '58-'59- but all the Historics are so curved there, the cream rings around the pick ups are so bent over, they're about to pop in two. The belly on a Tokai and real 52-60 Les Paul's slopes downward gently, and there is a mild channel of reliet 1 inch in, all around the edge of the top- even up to the toggle switch and up into the horn. Historics have a "beer gut" belly below the stop tail piece, and their relief work is either too deep, too wide, or non existent, and it almost never goes up anywhere into the area of the toggle switch- or the horn area. The Tokai "feels" exactly like a Historic Gibson, and exudes confidence, good tone, and the vibe of a real vintage instrument. You'll be proud when you get one. g Go ahead, get a Tokai- you'll be very happy- I am... and for not a ton of cash!
EDIT: now the LPF Links are working!