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What's neck profiles/shape of recent Vintage series Tokais? I think I've seen "U" mentioned in listings on Reverb, but to my eyes, it looks like either D or C, but I'm not really an expert on this. I just wonder whether they're considered to have much shoulder.

Is it known what company makes Tokai Vintage series LS-VB Bridge, LS-VT Tailpiece, the tuners and the potentiometers?

Now I wonder why I even thought they were Gotoh to begin with...

Are Gotoh tuners on Vintage series guitars (namely, LC models) the same that are sold by Gotoh to the public, or inferior models? Tuners on Vintage series LCs don't have "Gotoh" or "Made in Japan" on the backs, while they do on the Premium series. Plus descriptions for Tuners on Gotoh website...

I applaud the decision. I'm tired of UK Tokai dealers only selling China models, which only further cements the notion that Tokai are "cheap Gibbo copies". And to be honest, I bought a Chinese LC60 a few years ago, and sent it back because it did feel like a cheap clone made out of plywood (with...

I talked to a few dealers in the last few years, and all of them gave me the exact same response: Tokai refuses to do a slim neck (and these dealers did have custom orders with Tokai). Now I found that Kurosawagakki managed to get Tokai to do a slim neck on 212 models -- but that's probably...

Alright. I got a response from Kurosawagakki. LC212 is Kurosawagakki's custom order model, a Vintage series model based on their 1960s Les Paul that has been scanned by Tokai. It's different from a regular model in: - neck shape (slimmer - from my experience, it's somewhat the size of 2018-2020...

LC212 model with a slim neck was being sold by Kurosawa guitars this year. I know they sold a few some time this year, and they had a new batch two weeks ago. Does anyone know anything about the model? It's not on Tokai's catalog (at TokaiGakki.com), I can't find any info anywhere on the...

I'm seriously considering buying a brand new premium range LC model Tokai (in the 230-280) and having the neck shaved, slimmed to something like Gibson Custom Shop 60s style. I WANT Tokai and I NEED a slim neck. Does anyone have any intel on how deep the truss rod channel is -- how much of the...

Guys, guys, guys. Sure, no man ever enters the same river. But don't manufacturer's aim for certain specification? Why would then Gibson have 50s and 60s neck profile? I've tried a tonne of custom shop Gibsons made since 2016-17, and the necks are consistent enough that I don't notice the...

I'm well aware of there being variation. However, I would imagine that the better the maker is, the greater the consistency is (variation is not as wild). Regardless, the neck shape description has changed recently (and I've seen it in a few guitar stores) -- which made me wonder whether that...

Hi. I've noticed that current Tokai Love Rock neck profile is described as "Asymmetric U shape" on a few websites, eg: http://www.tokai-guitars.nl/ls136f.html They didn't use to be described like that (last I checked was around 2017/2018). I wonder whether this means the profile has changed? How...

thanks for the info. it seems like the ones i'm looking at are special ordered by a spanish distributor.

thanx for the info!

the thing is, i can't find any "official" info about the "Reborn Old" model like in that link. and i can't trust info that sellers put out there because i've seen people make mistakes in their descriptions. does anyone know anything about "Reborn Old" Semi Gloss 196 EF model that they seem to...