Slowstrummer
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Hi,
I've been reading around this site and the registry researching Tokais as I'm currently looking for something better than my cheap Legend Strat copy (which ironically with new strings and my home job on the setup sounds pretty good at the moment).
Have been keeping my eye out for Tokais' (and anything else interesting), but the ones on Ebay are very dodgy - there was one that was supposed to be a 62 model with soapbar? pickups that went for about $200 AU the other day:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/RARE-Tokai-Vintage-1962-Guitar-beautiful-Soapbar-Pickup_W0QQitemZ120226144133QQihZ002QQcategoryZ33034QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
but I let it go because I couldn't find any evidence that such an animal ever existed.
Now this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230229928340&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=013
has come up on Ebay, but nothing seems right about it. Serial number is 1101737, which as far as I can tell means that it can't be an 81 (as they should have a 0 as the second digit?). It's also black, which was a colour not offered on the LS60 in 79, but was it offered in 81?
Are my suspicions right, and it's not what it's claimed to be?
I've been reading around this site and the registry researching Tokais as I'm currently looking for something better than my cheap Legend Strat copy (which ironically with new strings and my home job on the setup sounds pretty good at the moment).
Have been keeping my eye out for Tokais' (and anything else interesting), but the ones on Ebay are very dodgy - there was one that was supposed to be a 62 model with soapbar? pickups that went for about $200 AU the other day:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/RARE-Tokai-Vintage-1962-Guitar-beautiful-Soapbar-Pickup_W0QQitemZ120226144133QQihZ002QQcategoryZ33034QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
but I let it go because I couldn't find any evidence that such an animal ever existed.
Now this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230229928340&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=013
has come up on Ebay, but nothing seems right about it. Serial number is 1101737, which as far as I can tell means that it can't be an 81 (as they should have a 0 as the second digit?). It's also black, which was a colour not offered on the LS60 in 79, but was it offered in 81?
Are my suspicions right, and it's not what it's claimed to be?