harpoonman
Member
Hi folks. I'm absolutely new to the site and was directed here by others who are "in the know" about Tokais. I've never owned one of these guitars to be perfectly honest but am obviously aware of their fine reputation, especially the earliest ones. In any case, I recently acquired a Tokai Strat model in trade and was told it was an " '84 Goldstar Sound ST-80". Here's what I know:
- finish appears to be original CAR (Metallic Red in Tokai-speak?);
- pickups are grey bottom with "E" stamps and all other electronics appear original;
- maple neck with an obvious "V" back carve, vintage-sized frets and 7.25" radius, pre-CBS Fender headstock shape, a single round "Tele-style" string tree, and gold Script Logo ("Clapton-style" cig burn included!);
- Neckplate is stamped with just 4 digits (2330);
- saddles are stamped "Final Prospec".
The guitar sounds GREAT, both acoustically and plugged in. DEFINITELY needs a good cleaning and could probably use a new set of strings and proper set-up but still plays pretty well as-is. Anyway, I'm assuming folks here know A LOT more than I do about this model so I was hoping for confirmation or, at the very least, some advice about "what to look for" in identification. Finally, if anyone can comment on an approximate value (or range) for the guitar, that would help as well, since I'm really not certain I'm keeping it ( I have FAR too many other GREAT guitars already!). Thanks in advance....
- finish appears to be original CAR (Metallic Red in Tokai-speak?);
- pickups are grey bottom with "E" stamps and all other electronics appear original;
- maple neck with an obvious "V" back carve, vintage-sized frets and 7.25" radius, pre-CBS Fender headstock shape, a single round "Tele-style" string tree, and gold Script Logo ("Clapton-style" cig burn included!);
- Neckplate is stamped with just 4 digits (2330);
- saddles are stamped "Final Prospec".
The guitar sounds GREAT, both acoustically and plugged in. DEFINITELY needs a good cleaning and could probably use a new set of strings and proper set-up but still plays pretty well as-is. Anyway, I'm assuming folks here know A LOT more than I do about this model so I was hoping for confirmation or, at the very least, some advice about "what to look for" in identification. Finally, if anyone can comment on an approximate value (or range) for the guitar, that would help as well, since I'm really not certain I'm keeping it ( I have FAR too many other GREAT guitars already!). Thanks in advance....