hogguitar said:
What Love Rock colors did Tokai have available in the early 80's? I was looking at this one, and don't recall ever seing this color, so I was wondering if it's a refin.
I would say it's the cherry red finish that was available from Tokai at least in the mid 80's and is supposed to be a copy of Dickey Betts' 1957 Goldtop which he himself had refinished (i.e. rather sprayed over) because of some bad scratches and wear-off on the golden top. See these pages on the main site from the "Early 80's Tokai Catalog" (my favorite one) which were also printed in the 1983 Japanese version:
http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/catalogs/tokai86_7a.jpg
http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/catalogs/tokai86_6.jpg
It's the number 9 on the right page (TLS-100S/1957 model on the bottom) which would mean that it's a LS 100, not a LS 60, but you would have to check that yourself, e.g. if the pickups are two DiMarzio PAFs. On the other hand the black sticker with the model number is still there on the back of the headstock, so probably it's only this color, not the other features of the higher class model.
By the way, in the 2002 catalogue Tokai published an overview of the abbreviations they use for their different colors nowadays, it's on page 5:
http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/catalogs/tokai20025.jpg
Another favorite site of mine is the Vintage Guitars Info, e.g. this page with pictures of custom Gibson finishes:
http://www.provide.net/~cfh/gibsonc.html