TY, the fretboard inlays do have quite a nice shimmer to them, but they might be plastic, hard for me to tell.
The tuners look like they could be vintage gotoh, which would fall in with country of manufacture, but again I am unsure, they may be unbranded generics.
Thanks for all that info guys, very informative and it is great to learn so much about my instrument.
Two more small questions, if you don't mind ;)
Anyone know what the fretwire is made from?
Are the neck inlays MOP or Mother of toilet seat?
Thanks for the link, that is a beautiful top!
I do like the original TRC, will try to find one at some point
Also, mine doesn't have the metal markers under the control dials (not sure of name)
For me personally, at the same price I would have still chosen the one I have as I wanted to check...
Amazing responses, thanks so much guys!
I will check the pickup cavity when I change the strings, they had just been changed by previous owner to blues-sliders 10-48, they are new to me and I think I will be sticking with ;)
I realise the upgrades are not always desirable, but they are good...
UK here!
Hey guys, I have been longing after a Tokai for a while and pulled the trigger earlier today
and I am now asking questions after buying (I know, I know!)...
It has a couple of very small blemishes but plays beautifully, the sustain might be the best I have ever heard on an electric...