masonstoops
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Hi there!
I have decided to sell my early 80's Tokai "Goldstar Sound" Strat copy.
It has a one-piece maple neck with an awesome feeling profile - thicker than average, with a very slight V shape - my favorite! All the pickups, electronics, and hardware are 100% original, and all function perfectly (though the middle pickup tone-pot is a tiny bit scratchy sometimes - nothing some contact cleaner wouldn't fix). As you'd expect for a guitar this age, it has a few dings here and there around the sides of the body, as well as a couple very light scuffs on the back. But as the pictures below will show, unless you're specifically looking for the imperfections, the guitar looks practically brand-new (which is surprising since it sat piled under a bunch of stuff in a stranger's garage for most of it's life). It has recently been professionally setup, and definitely has that played-in feel you don't get from new guitars.
I think it's incredible what-lengths Tokai went through when they were copying the early 50's/60's Strats (the pickups, the headstock profile, the finishing technique, even the original Kluson tuners are to exact detail - ridiculous!), but that of course is what makes these guitars feel and sound closer to a 50's/60's Strat than most anything else out there. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't slightly hesitant to sell it. I'm specifically not plugging it in during the time of the sale, otherwise I'll be reminded how incredible it sounds, and I know I won't sell it!
I posted a thread in the general guitar page asking what a guitar like this is worth these days, and while general consensus was that they're worth between $700-$1000+, most everyone agreed that these are amazing guitars, and should be (and one day probably will be) worth more.
So with that in mind, I'm asking $720, paypal'd and shipped.
Let me know if you have any questions, offers, or recommendations on good pizza in SoCal. Thanks!
Pictures below. More detailed photos can be found in the slideshow here: Tokai Gallery
I have decided to sell my early 80's Tokai "Goldstar Sound" Strat copy.
It has a one-piece maple neck with an awesome feeling profile - thicker than average, with a very slight V shape - my favorite! All the pickups, electronics, and hardware are 100% original, and all function perfectly (though the middle pickup tone-pot is a tiny bit scratchy sometimes - nothing some contact cleaner wouldn't fix). As you'd expect for a guitar this age, it has a few dings here and there around the sides of the body, as well as a couple very light scuffs on the back. But as the pictures below will show, unless you're specifically looking for the imperfections, the guitar looks practically brand-new (which is surprising since it sat piled under a bunch of stuff in a stranger's garage for most of it's life). It has recently been professionally setup, and definitely has that played-in feel you don't get from new guitars.
I think it's incredible what-lengths Tokai went through when they were copying the early 50's/60's Strats (the pickups, the headstock profile, the finishing technique, even the original Kluson tuners are to exact detail - ridiculous!), but that of course is what makes these guitars feel and sound closer to a 50's/60's Strat than most anything else out there. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't slightly hesitant to sell it. I'm specifically not plugging it in during the time of the sale, otherwise I'll be reminded how incredible it sounds, and I know I won't sell it!
I posted a thread in the general guitar page asking what a guitar like this is worth these days, and while general consensus was that they're worth between $700-$1000+, most everyone agreed that these are amazing guitars, and should be (and one day probably will be) worth more.
So with that in mind, I'm asking $720, paypal'd and shipped.
Let me know if you have any questions, offers, or recommendations on good pizza in SoCal.
Thanks!Pictures below. More detailed photos can be found in the slideshow here: Tokai Gallery
