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Hello, brand new to the forum.
Thought I would make a thread about my guitar which is an Australian limited edition SURFTONE.
It's a classic strat style guitar.
You can still pick these up brand new (in Australia at least) but I believe they no longer manufacture them, so they would be older stock.
I contacted a local Tokai dealer to ask about the specs of the guitar because they are absolutely NOWHERE to be found.
Even the Tokai website says something like currently no information.
They got back to me to say they also don't know but were fairly certain the model was based on an AST-52 and gave me the specs for that model.
The mystery continues.
The guitar itself -
Sonic Blue in colour.
After tightening everything and setting it up (learning curve my first go at it) put on some elixer 10's tuned tp 432 and the thing absolutely sings, the tone is incredible. Long long springy sustain.
Sustain for days,
Its pretty hefty body wise, haven't weighed it but definately feels heavier that a fender.
Supposedly alder body, if its the same as the AST model the fretboard is "Carbonised jatoba" which is pretty strange wood.
The AST also had canadian maple fretboars but as mine is dark I'm guessing its not, I have seen SURFTONE's advertised with the light blonde fretboard too.
Any of you guys know more about this strange beast?
I'd love to hear about it.
So I'll probably make this a thread if I can and add some more info to it, maybe make a youtube vid of the guitar and tone it has.
Many thanks.
Terry.
Thought I would make a thread about my guitar which is an Australian limited edition SURFTONE.
It's a classic strat style guitar.
You can still pick these up brand new (in Australia at least) but I believe they no longer manufacture them, so they would be older stock.
I contacted a local Tokai dealer to ask about the specs of the guitar because they are absolutely NOWHERE to be found.
Even the Tokai website says something like currently no information.
They got back to me to say they also don't know but were fairly certain the model was based on an AST-52 and gave me the specs for that model.
The mystery continues.
The guitar itself -
Sonic Blue in colour.
After tightening everything and setting it up (learning curve my first go at it) put on some elixer 10's tuned tp 432 and the thing absolutely sings, the tone is incredible. Long long springy sustain.
Sustain for days,
Its pretty hefty body wise, haven't weighed it but definately feels heavier that a fender.
Supposedly alder body, if its the same as the AST model the fretboard is "Carbonised jatoba" which is pretty strange wood.
The AST also had canadian maple fretboars but as mine is dark I'm guessing its not, I have seen SURFTONE's advertised with the light blonde fretboard too.
Any of you guys know more about this strange beast?
I'd love to hear about it.
So I'll probably make this a thread if I can and add some more info to it, maybe make a youtube vid of the guitar and tone it has.
Many thanks.
Terry.