looktoyourorb said:Tokai LS150 vs PRS SC245 vs Yamaha SG2000S
singemonkey said:looktoyourorb said:Tokai LS150 vs PRS SC245 vs Yamaha SG2000S
One of our larger shops (the one I mentioned) has a wall of PRSs (I'm not up on PRS models so I don't know if they have the SC245) and an SG2000. All Diamond has to do is to convince them to take some Tokais
Or I suppose I could just take mine in...
Mind you, PRSs don't really work for me with the in-between scale length - although they're obviously superb guitars.
Diamond said:butrus
How come all the Tokai guitar photos you post have red rosewood fretboards, and the rest of the worlds Tokais have dark brown rosewood fretboards?
Diamond said:butrus
How come all the Tokai guitar photos you post have red rosewood fretboards, and the rest of the worlds Tokais have dark brown rosewood fretboards?
JVsearch said:Diamond said:butrus
How come all the Tokai guitar photos you post have red rosewood fretboards, and the rest of the worlds Tokais have dark brown rosewood fretboards?
Perhaps the wood lightens up over time but the filler doesn't?
Although you can still see the filler on that photo of the new LS-160 (sorry!).
Still looks pretty good though! And I'm sure you have picked the "right" one from a selection of 160s?
butrus said:Diamond said:butrus
How come all the Tokai guitar photos you post have red rosewood fretboards, and the rest of the worlds Tokais have dark brown rosewood fretboards?
:lol:
What are you suggesting...Arent you the Tokai expert?
Diamond said:I'm not a Tokai expert at all...I'm still a student.
I'm just suggesting that enhancing a photo to specifically show inlay filler of a guitar that's not even yours seems kind of pointless...considering the fact that the guitar you posted doesn't look like your photo in real life.
In reality it must have a dark brown fretboard, not a red one.
It's like stripping the paint off a guitar to see how many pieces it's made of, then photographing it, and then re-painting it again.
Diamond said:JVsearch said:Diamond said:butrus
How come all the Tokai guitar photos you post have red rosewood fretboards, and the rest of the worlds Tokais have dark brown rosewood fretboards?
Perhaps the wood lightens up over time but the filler doesn't?
Although you can still see the filler on that photo of the new LS-160 (sorry!).
Still looks pretty good though! And I'm sure you have picked the "right" one from a selection of 160s?
Sure you can see some filler, I'm not denying there's filler.
I can pick any guitar, any model, they're all the same, I just used the one I was photographing (the one with the amazing top), and photographed the neck.
JVsearch said:Diamond said:JVsearch said:Diamond said:butrus
How come all the Tokai guitar photos you post have red rosewood fretboards, and the rest of the worlds Tokais have dark brown rosewood fretboards?
Perhaps the wood lightens up over time but the filler doesn't?
Although you can still see the filler on that photo of the new LS-160 (sorry!).
Still looks pretty good though! And I'm sure you have picked the "right" one from a selection of 160s?
Sure you can see some filler, I'm not denying there's filler.
I can pick any guitar, any model, they're all the same, I just used the one I was photographing (the one with the amazing top), and photographed the neck.
Oh man, sorry, I realise how that must have sounded! I thought you had bought an LS-160 for yourself, hence my comments about it looking good, and being the "right" one.
I did not mean you'd specifically picked the one with the best looking inlays.
Leif said:Diamond said:I'm not a Tokai expert at all...I'm still a student.
I'm just suggesting that enhancing a photo to specifically show inlay filler of a guitar that's not even yours seems kind of pointless...considering the fact that the guitar you posted doesn't look like your photo in real life.
In reality it must have a dark brown fretboard, not a red one.
It's like stripping the paint off a guitar to see how many pieces it's made of, then photographing it, and then re-painting it again.
I don't think there is any enhancing going on. I think you made that suggestion before, perhaps on another thread, something about choosing the lighting to make the inlay look worse. Come on now, even in your photo the inlay is not perfect, it has a minor cosmetic flaw. Rather amusingly you have hoisted yourself with your own petard. You can of course argue that for you it does not matter and that you consider it irrelevant. I wonder what inlay work is like on t'other makes?
When I was last in a guitar shop I specifically checked some new Gibsons and the inlay was perfect. Incidentally my (one and only) Tokai has a very dark fretboard, it is almost like the ebony one on my Taylor acoustic guitar. Maybe wood varies, maybe they stain it, and the stain fades with time? For what it is worth, the inlay on mine is nicely done, though not perfect, then again, a sample of one tells us diddly squat.
Still, I agree with you that the maple top on your guitar is superb.
Anyway, this forum is about discussing Tokai guitars, including strengths and weaknesses. If someone presents a photo showing imperfect inlay work, don't go and call them a liar or a cheat. :roll:
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