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tzomri

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Hello, I bought a second hand Tokai ate118, a very fine guitar. The color is owb/r, for off white blonde with rosewood fretboard. I have a serial number and a certificate.
The thing is I can't find anything online about this color/model, which makes me wonder... I can only find these with maple boards.
Anyone knows if Tokai made these? Anyone saw guitars like mine?

Thank you
 

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Here is the 2019 catalog showing your guitar with the maple fretboard.

Yours was made in 2020.

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I'm yet to find a guitar like mine, with this color *and* rosewood fretboard.
Anyone...?
 
It is definitely a Tokai. That rosewood fretboard was offered in the catalog as shown in the post above.

But it looks like there were less made as compared to the maple fretboard.
 
In 2017 it was called an ATE108 and only came with a maple board.

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In 2018 the name changed to ATE118 and it was only offered with the maple board.

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Then in 2019 it was offered with rosewood. Possibly for a short time?

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So looks like less were made with the rosewood fretboard, but it does seem to be a legit Tokai.
 
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