So today I received my 'bird after waiting for five long weeks.
Bought it second hand from Canada, it has been on Ebay several times, got a nice deal with the guy so I went for it. It can be viewed here:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/tokaiguitars/tokaifb.htm
Great guitar, more exclusive looking (and feeling) than what Tokai presents in their catalog these days, with dot markers and bolt-on necks
Very nice neck, no annoying buzzing and GREAT acoustic sound. So for a while I was in heaven, then I plugged in and something was definitely wrong :evil:
The middle pup is always ON no matter what position I go for, which gives me this configuration: 1 - bridge/middle, 2 - bridge/middle/neck, 3 - middle/neck........ Wouldn't have been so bad if only the middle pup had it's own volume control (like the Epi bird VII) then I'd basically have a two pup guitar with the addition of a third pup that I could blend in to my own liking no matter what position I was using.
Now the correct wiring on those birds (as on SG Customs) would be:
1 - bridge, 2 - bridge/middle, 3 - neck, and I found the original wiring diagram on Gibsons website, so I'm gonna have to make up my mind wether I'll go for the original wiring or a more versatile "blend" option.
What I can't understand is what our asian friends have been thinking here? The current configuration is litterally useless since the middle pup won't shut down before you turn one of the others off. Meaning it's impossible to get that famous Firebird "bite". And that's why I bought the guitar in the first place, it's "missing link between Les Paul and Strat" quality. And of course, it's the coolest looking guitar ever made 8)
Any opinons and/or theories about what has happened here?
Bought it second hand from Canada, it has been on Ebay several times, got a nice deal with the guy so I went for it. It can be viewed here:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/tokaiguitars/tokaifb.htm
Great guitar, more exclusive looking (and feeling) than what Tokai presents in their catalog these days, with dot markers and bolt-on necks
Very nice neck, no annoying buzzing and GREAT acoustic sound. So for a while I was in heaven, then I plugged in and something was definitely wrong :evil:
The middle pup is always ON no matter what position I go for, which gives me this configuration: 1 - bridge/middle, 2 - bridge/middle/neck, 3 - middle/neck........ Wouldn't have been so bad if only the middle pup had it's own volume control (like the Epi bird VII) then I'd basically have a two pup guitar with the addition of a third pup that I could blend in to my own liking no matter what position I was using.
Now the correct wiring on those birds (as on SG Customs) would be:
1 - bridge, 2 - bridge/middle, 3 - neck, and I found the original wiring diagram on Gibsons website, so I'm gonna have to make up my mind wether I'll go for the original wiring or a more versatile "blend" option.
What I can't understand is what our asian friends have been thinking here? The current configuration is litterally useless since the middle pup won't shut down before you turn one of the others off. Meaning it's impossible to get that famous Firebird "bite". And that's why I bought the guitar in the first place, it's "missing link between Les Paul and Strat" quality. And of course, it's the coolest looking guitar ever made 8)
Any opinons and/or theories about what has happened here?
