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Tokai Vees are all over the place in terms of pricing. I sold my rare Michael Schenker model (1984, I think) a few years ago, and it took quite a while, and I had to drop the price a bit to sell. Of course, the B/W colour scheme stands out like a sore thumb and isn't popular with all guitarists. A f...

Late to the thread, but Yoshi at GS Universe definitely has/had a fairly influential relationship with Tokai. It was Yoshi who negotiated with Tokai for them to make me a one-piece-top LS-320 in about 2002. It took him a while to persuade them and/or them a long time to find a suitable piece of wood...

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Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:24 am

Thanks ampmaker. Was the 8000349 a Les Paul Reborn?

I'm sure it was, but I didn't make a note of that.

(I only noted model names later - for the period of the Reborn Old / Love Rock name changes.)

Earliest I ever saw was on Yahoo Japan sometime in the early 2000s, when I was a nerd for Tokai research. :) That one was 8000349 and my notes show it was an LS80 with double-ring Kluson clones and a 'bell' style truss rod cover. If I saved photos back then, I have no idea where they are now. There ...

Trem bits now on the way to the forumite who bought the tuners.

So all parts are now sold. Thanks everyone!

Tuners now sold.

Trem claw+parts now free to anyone who covers postage.

I do have photos, but they are shakey and rather low-res. I'm off out now, but will post them tomorrow.

According to the file info, this would have been in Spring 2013.

Aha. I had wondered about HLS guitars when I spotted them in Tokyo on a trip there a few years ago. Took a few shakey phone camera photos in the shop before being chased out (inevitably) by Mr No-Photo! The HLS-420 was the highest price one I saw. It was labelled as "Tokai Order Model Series". Was w...

Bump to say that these Tokai tuners are now on Ebay, with best offer. Any TokReg-forumite who wants to go there and submit an offer of £35 gets them. I'll reduce the price for everyone to £35 later this week.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134125399871

gorgeous - I guess the colour has changed with UV? Looks lovely now.

I'd want to soak the pickup selector tip in some tea, though!

Yes, headless, but not in the "OMG, Metal Mickey's snapped the neck of his V again" sense. This guitar started life as a Hohner G3T and I commissioned Wez Venables to turn it into my homage to Schenker. So it has the headless design and Steinberger-licenced trem. Now fitted with the two Seth Lover p...

Can't get into your Photobucket - just get a sign-up page.

The nut on my '83 Springy was flat-bottomed. I know because it wasn't glued well and slid around quite easily. You can see it's about 1.5mm out of place in this photo:

2 - Tremolo cavity cover with mounting screws: SOLD 3 - Tremolo bridge, saddles, block, arm and 6x mounting screws: SOLD 5 - Jack socket plate and output socket: SOLD All that remains is both items numbered 4 (ahem). So adjusted: 4a - Tremolo claw, 3 trem springs and 3 claw-mounting screws: £10 4b -...