Hi,
some of you may have noticed my WTB post in the Classifieds section,
I was looking for a nice vintage Tokai or Orville.
I got a mail from Gottfried, (togps), he said he was on his way to a guitar show in Italy, and he stopped over at my office and I had the chance to choose among 35 Tokais, brand new ones, vintage ones, Les Pauls, ES, Specials, Springy Sounds... 8)
Of course I had to buy one
, it's this beautyful LS85F
I love this guitar! It's really lightweight, resonant, the finish and craftsmanship is flawless. I will swap the pickups to my favourite H?ussels and replace the caps with russian pio-caps, I also changed the strap pins to security locks. A killer guitar and a killer deal. Gottfried, you're the man!:wink:
I always thought that the vintage models are better than the new models,
but now that I had the chance to compare some old models (80-84) to some new ones, I have to say: No, as far as I'm concerned, I liked the new ones better. Shure there was a kind of mojo to the old ones, but the fit and finish of the new ones seemed better to me. (It's all just a matter of taste, I think...)
Andi
some of you may have noticed my WTB post in the Classifieds section,
I was looking for a nice vintage Tokai or Orville.
I got a mail from Gottfried, (togps), he said he was on his way to a guitar show in Italy, and he stopped over at my office and I had the chance to choose among 35 Tokais, brand new ones, vintage ones, Les Pauls, ES, Specials, Springy Sounds... 8)
Of course I had to buy one
, it's this beautyful LS85F
I love this guitar! It's really lightweight, resonant, the finish and craftsmanship is flawless. I will swap the pickups to my favourite H?ussels and replace the caps with russian pio-caps, I also changed the strap pins to security locks. A killer guitar and a killer deal. Gottfried, you're the man!:wink:
I always thought that the vintage models are better than the new models,
but now that I had the chance to compare some old models (80-84) to some new ones, I have to say: No, as far as I'm concerned, I liked the new ones better. Shure there was a kind of mojo to the old ones, but the fit and finish of the new ones seemed better to me. (It's all just a matter of taste, I think...)
Andi
