ID and Questions on 1984 Fat Strat

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amunro

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Can anyone help me with some questions on this. I bought it as a 1984, which seems right but I can't find a similar model in the catalogues. The sticker on the back is "35" so I'm guessing fairly low-end but I was surprised to find that the body has been capped with 5mm of some oher wood. so, my questions are:
- What model is this?
- Can anyone provide some history on this model? It looks similar to this one: http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=9385 except that mine has twin humbuckers.
- Can anyone help me identify the two woods used - neither seems to have a particulaly strong grain and although the grain is just visible through the paintwork, it doesn't seem pronounced enough to have warranted capping the body.
- Does anyone have a view on the Tokai "57 PAF" pick-ups?
- and finally, I need to replace the trem. Will any Fender-type replacement fit or do they al have different threads? I've tried a spare I have and i doesn't fit but I don't know the history of that arm.

Full pics are on my site at http://andymunro.spaces.live.com/. I'm afraid I'm struggling to add the pics directly into this post :(

Thanks in advance for the collected wisdom of the community.
 
Just placed the pics on Photobucket at http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/andrewdmunro/Tokai Fat Strat/

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Again, thanks in adavnce for any info you can supply:

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Hi amunro

I can only comment on the Tokai 57 PAF Model pickups, mate, they are fantastic.
I have them on my 1984 LS60 lester, on the clean channel I thought I was playing a strat, yep, unreal.....and on the dirty channel there is that classic PAF grunt.

They really are an excellent all round pickup.....

It was the clean channel that really surprised me.

Mick
 
Mick, thanks. Having got the guitar back together, I have to agree. I've always been a single-coil, classic strat fan but these have a great, creamy tone when on dirty. I'm struggling to get the action right on the guitar though - I foresee myself venturing into truss-rod land which is something I tend to avoid :-? .

Also, I'm still really puzzled about what model this is and what its background is. Great guitar though. My second Tokai and I'm trying to work out how best to persuade my good lady that I need more, many more. :)
 
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