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    1979 LS50 Les Paul Reborn

    This old girl has to go. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261369063312#ht_418wt_1362 A fair starting price, I think. Good luck
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    New Explorer - Tokai 105 or Gibson advice please

    Hi Lance, In my country, a Gibbo Trad is RRP $3999, & $2650 street, a Std is $4499 & $2995 street price. An LS260 is $3995, with no acknowledged "street price". The Traditional Series are also close to the same price as Epi's, but Epi's have a lower street price, again. I was in a shop...
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    6 digit Tokai Love rock?

    That is a Korean guitar, of some description. Tell tale points are the Tone & Vol knobs, shape of the nut, cream plastic cavity plates, colour of the green on the tuners, the usual Korean buffing compound in the fretboard grain, it also lacks the usual squeezed out glue around the neck tenon...
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    Tokai Love Rock - Please identify

    Toby??? How much is the seller asking?
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    Tokai Love Rock - Please identify

    That would be an MIC ALS48CS (Cherry Sunburst). The pickups are very rare, the bobbins were wound on the inner thigh of virgin Tibetan mountain goats. Mmmmm goat tone. Very rare indeed.
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    Tokai Les Paul Bass

    Instead of Made in Korea, it will say "Make in Korea" on the decal. If you search Make in Korea, you will get all the answers you seek.
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    ALS48 pickups... Alnico or Ceramic?

    They have ceramic magnets.
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    TOKAI ALS 48

    Hi messer, 10~46. It is the gauge that comes on the guitars from the factory. To be clear, we are talking about the actual ALS48BB that shawn0072 has the buzzing problems with. I set it up.
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    TOKAI ALS 48

    Perhaps it would help the luthier that you take it to if he has some setup specifications to compare where the guitar is now. When I set the guitar up, for "lead playing", prior to shipping to WA the basic specs are as follows:- Action at nut: 0.020" ~ 0.010" Action at 12th fret: 4/64" low E...
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    TOKAI ALS 48

    Yes, it is a real Tokai ALS48. Chinese ALS48's have been around since 2006. There are fake Chinese Tokais around, here is one that was.. ahem... "parallel imported" by some people in New Zealand. Oddly they are now the official Tokai importer for NZ. I wonder if Mr Adachi knows about their...
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    ALS48, best guitar i ever owned.

    If it has an FC serial number prefix, it would be Made in China. Fine Corp production moved largely from Korea to China quite a few years ago. Made in Korea Tokais will have "Made in Korea" painted in a contrasting colour on the back of the headstock and only some very few early models having...
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    Tokai Love Rock where made .. need help please

    Made in China 2007ish, and quite possibly from the domestic Japanese market, by the correct headstock shape. Looks like somebody changed the nut, which is generally a good thing, compared to the factory plastic item. If it is setup nicely, should be a good guitar.
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    Tokai Factory in China

    Actually, a little bit of a brain fart there. You may very well find that they are made by Saein Musical Instrument Co. They also have their own brand, which I suppose is the same pronounciation as Saein, called Shine guitars. Not Yue Sen, sorry about that chief!
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    Tokai Factory in China

    Close, Fine Corporation made the guitars, firstly in Korea, then in their Chinese factory. Guitars with FC serial number prefixes, and a particular font are Fine Corp guitars. Constant supply was always a problem with them, I waited 12 months for an order while production was being phased out...
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    Tokai 335 identification help!

    The bridge has the Korean shaped saddles, the knobs are the same colour as the Korean models. Block inlay, never seen them before on an ES60. The 3 screws in the TRC are black, the same as the Korean FA70's. The plastic nut has been changed for a smaller vintage sized, presumably bone item...
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    Tokai Hummingbird !!??

    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Tokai-Hummingbird-/150564803455?pt=AU_Musical_Instruments_Instruments&hash=item230e5c937f "I will not entertain a lower price because I absolutely know this guitar is worth more and I am prepared to wait until the right person comes along who really wants this guitar "...
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    new Australian distributor

    One is Fender, the other is Gibson.
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    new Australian distributor

    Yes, plus duty and GST if it is over $1000AUD. The AUD price has come down to $1003.45 it is getting closer to being under the threshold. They don't want me to have guitars being sold in the marketplace once they start selling. Unfortunately, for the next few months the Tokai Direct prices will...
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    new Australian distributor

    Yep. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Tokai-Love-Rock-LS85F-Les-Paul-Guitar-SALE-/300521445929?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45f8795a29 $1010AUD or http://www.jadeaustralia.com.au/tokai2c.html $1695AUD They bought their stock at 83JPy / AUD against 68JPY / AUD, we paid for our stock...
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    ZAKK WYLDE TOKAI BULLSEYE LES PAUL COPY

    Looking at the situation from the position of the marketing department at the Japanese factory in Hamamatsu, which would be hypothetical, because there is no marketing department, once production of Tokai guitars was started outside Japan, the problems started. Take the motto, "Quality before...
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