LS150F or what?

Geo · Oct 20, 2009

Hi, could some knowledgeable Tokai expert ID this guitar for me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c5xsDFsIXU

The guy who owns it seems to be unsure what model it really is and which pickups he is using on it.

He says it's an LS150F with the MkII pups, but some others reckon it's an LS135 (or similar), other say it has Goto Custom PAFs, and others say the LS150 doesn't come with a flame maple cap.

So, just what model and pups is he playing exactly?

Thanks in advance.
Geo.

Diamond · Oct 20, 2009

IMO

It's an LS135F, with MK2 pickups.

He's assuming that the LS135F he bought a year ago is now an LS150F...not true, an LS135 is now an LS150, but the LS135F is still an LS135F.

Both guitars, the LS135F and the LS150 come with MK2 pickups....and don't bother changing them, you'll just be wasting money.

My suggestion, if moneys a problem then buy an LS95F, it will look, sound, and play exactly like an LS135F...and it also has MK2 pickups.

Make sense?

DaveWW · Oct 20, 2009

There were some LS150 models with flame tops available in the UK.

http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/guitars-1/electric-guitars-2/tokai-love-rock-ls150-electric-guitar-heritage-dark-cherry-48.html

Dave

marcusnieman · Oct 20, 2009

DaveWW said:
There were some LS150 models with flame tops available in the UK.

http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/guitars-1/electric-guitars-2/tokai-love-rock-ls150-electric-guitar-heritage-dark-cherry-48.html

Dave

The Richtone ones had dimpled headstocks

DaveWW · Oct 20, 2009

Yep, I know but unless I missed it we didn't see the headstock in the video.

Dave

BlueThird · Oct 20, 2009

marcusnieman said:
The Richtone ones had dimpled headstocks

Is that true of all the Tokais that Richtone sell, Marcus, or just a select few?

Geo · Oct 20, 2009

Does the colour of the guitar in the video look familiar? Is it a sunburst like AV or Cherry?

leadguitar_323 · Oct 20, 2009

Geo ALL LS-150,s have MK'2 pickups and the colour is either Violin finish , cherry sunburst or lemon drop for the 135 F or Violin finish cherry sunburst Brown sunburst or gold top for the current LS-150.

Mick

Anonymous · Oct 21, 2009

BlueThird said:
marcusnieman said:

The Richtone ones had dimpled headstocks

Click to expand...

Is that true of all the Tokais that Richtone sell, Marcus, or just a select few?

All the Tokai Gibson clones sold officially in the UK (like Richtone's stock) will have the modified headstock. Only guitars imported from abroad (usually Japan) will have the open book headstock.

Mike

marcusnieman · Oct 21, 2009

Geo said:
Does the colour of the guitar in the video look familiar? Is it a sunburst like AV or Cherry?

VF

BlueThird · Oct 21, 2009

That's a shame. Had thought I might look into picking a new one up on my next trip back to the UK, but I'm none too keen on the dimple.

marcusnieman · Oct 21, 2009

BlueThird said:
That's a shame. Had thought I might look into picking a new one up on my next trip back to the UK, but I'm none too keen on the dimple.

Same here. I love the dark cherry finish that Richtone has but the dimple puts me off

Anonymous · Oct 21, 2009

I don't notice the pimple (it's convex, not concave, so it's not a dimple!) on my GT. I have one with & one without, & I really don't understand why you guys make so much fuss about it!

Griff · Oct 21, 2009

stratman323 said:
I don't notice the pimple (it's convex, not concave, so it's not a dimple!) on my GT. I have one with & one without, & I really don't understand why you guys make so much fuss about it!

+1

From three feet away you can't see it, anyway.

BlueThird · Oct 21, 2009

Feel free to call me immature, but I've always found the tagline on my Springy Sound ??"This is the exact replica of the good old Strat" ? absolutely delicious. You read that, and it immediately provokes a mental image of a bunch of lawyers choking on their coffee. It's a brilliant guitar, and it's cheeky and subversive at the same time. It all adds to the pleasure of owning a Springy Sound. The headstock on a Springy is a work of art in itself. On the one hand it's derivative; on the other it's outrageous, and in an entirely enjoyable way.

The Les Paul Reborn thing has never had quite the same effect on me (it's too literal, and just doesn't have the same sense of fun) so I've never been desperate to own a Reborn over a Love Rock. But the pimple, well? that's a distinct negative.

The pimpled guitar might be just as good when you consider it purely as a guitar, but it's never going to be as much fun.

Anonymous · Oct 21, 2009

BlueThird said:
Feel free to call me immature, but I've always found the tagline on my Springy Sound ??"This is the exact replica of the good old Strat" ? absolutely delicious. You read that, and it immediately provokes a mental image of a bunch of lawyers choking on their coffee. It's a brilliant guitar, and it's cheeky and subversive at the same time. It all adds to the pleasure of owning a Springy Sound. The headstock on a Springy is a work of art in itself. On the one hand it's derivative; on the other it's outrageous, and in an entirely enjoyable way.

I agree. The Springy is an essential part of the Strat's history, probably the most important Strat made by anybody since around 1965. Fender would never admit it (on record), but the Springy showed Fender the way to take their product in the future, & they learned the lesson well. You could easily argue that the 1978 Springy was more of a real Strat than anything Fender had produced for over 10 years.

Maybe if I cared as much about LPs as I do about Strats, the pimple would bother me. Luckily, it doesn't.

8)

marcusnieman · Oct 21, 2009

stratman323 said:
I don't notice the pimple (it's convex, not concave, so it's not a dimple!) on my GT. I have one with & one without, & I really don't understand why you guys make so much fuss about it!

I just prefer the actual, unaltered headstock. Matter of preference - that's all. If I'm laying out my cash, I'm going to buy what I want. I don't need the guitar - I want it.

Same goes for the strat and tele versions..... I don't care for the altered headstock. Doesn't mean that the guitars aren't well made or sound good.

Geo · Oct 21, 2009

What exactly is this 'dimple/pimple'? Is there a photo of it anywhere? I can't say I see any difference between the JP and the Richtone ones.

Anonymous · Oct 21, 2009

Try this. It's not a good pic, but it shows one with & one without.

Geo · Oct 21, 2009

I hate to say this, but 'that' would annoy me.

I'm not usually a snob about guitars, but I'd want my Tokai to look like a Gibson as well as play and sound like one.

Thanks for the pics! Nice guitars there!

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