It is a seriousely nice guitar, solid top. This is the 2nd high quality MIJ Tokai I have seen without seriel #'s. I have the other. Mine was employee built for a collector or himself, all behind the scene,.. as the story goes, hence no seriel #. Also mine has same tuners & fret markers. This must be a similar story of in-house build for private collection from employee or something of the sort. I bet Tokai does not allow any guitars that are not going out for sell to have seriel # I believe it worth the asking price. With base line Historics @ 3300.00 this is a good deal.I have a 58 Historic 5 149 & would swap for that guitar.