DiMarzio VS-1 Pickups
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CliffsGuitarWorld
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If anyone has VS-1 for sale please contact me.... Im trying to bring my ST-120 back to spec's.
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bluejeannot
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Only the second time I have seen the PAF label on Di Marzio VS1s! Interesting!
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1982 ST100 OW
Pot dates May 1982
Production date September
Neck: 9=26
Body: 9=1
1982 4 digit serial number, 0837
Tokai Springy Sound
Pot dates May 1982
Production date September
Neck: 9=26
Body: 9=1
1982 4 digit serial number, 0837
Tokai Springy Sound
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Thanks Homer J Simpson for the link:
DiMarzio NOS VS-1 DP-108 Single Coil Strat Pickup 1970s - 1980s White | Reverb
DiMarzio NOS VS-1 DP-108 Single Coil Strat Pickup 1970s - 1980s White | Reverb
I'm happy owner of this Goldstar, by the way. The close up shot of the Dimarzio VS-1 pickup that I posted earlier was the one from this guitar.
I took the risk of buying the guitar from the "I don't know anything" style of (private?) seller from Japan with slight consequences, though.
The frets were worn down to zero, so I had to have the guitar refretted. Also the tremolo arm thread in the tremolo block was so badly damaged that I had to swap out the whole tremolo. Wilkinson VW6 was a perfect match (and with narrower string spacing as a bonus - Tokai's have originally 11.2 mm, resulting high and low E string to be a bit too close to the edge of the fretboard. Wilkinson has 10.8 mm, which is just fine). I did swap out the Wilkinson's original saddles to the ones from Highwood. I am sure that pickguard wasn't original, either, as the pickguard holes and screw holes in the guitar were a bit misaligned in a couple of spots, giving my luthier a bit of additional work to fix. It's a bit strange that the pickguard had been swapped, given that the wiring and solder joints seemed to be original and untouched.
But I'm happy to report it all paid off at the end - it plays and sounds fantastic. I'm very fond of the C shape neck that the Goldstars have (as I did not get along with the V-neck of the ST-80 Springy at all
).
I took the risk of buying the guitar from the "I don't know anything" style of (private?) seller from Japan with slight consequences, though.
The frets were worn down to zero, so I had to have the guitar refretted. Also the tremolo arm thread in the tremolo block was so badly damaged that I had to swap out the whole tremolo. Wilkinson VW6 was a perfect match (and with narrower string spacing as a bonus - Tokai's have originally 11.2 mm, resulting high and low E string to be a bit too close to the edge of the fretboard. Wilkinson has 10.8 mm, which is just fine). I did swap out the Wilkinson's original saddles to the ones from Highwood. I am sure that pickguard wasn't original, either, as the pickguard holes and screw holes in the guitar were a bit misaligned in a couple of spots, giving my luthier a bit of additional work to fix. It's a bit strange that the pickguard had been swapped, given that the wiring and solder joints seemed to be original and untouched.
But I'm happy to report it all paid off at the end - it plays and sounds fantastic. I'm very fond of the C shape neck that the Goldstars have (as I did not get along with the V-neck of the ST-80 Springy at all
).
Sweet. And you are saying that the TST80R has a C neck?
The 1984 catalog calls it a '60U?
TST80 Goldstars
The 1984 catalog calls it a '60U?
TST80 Goldstars
I guess there is a fine line in between - the neck is not that flat on the back perhaps as you would expect from the typical D-shape, but then again it is not definitely that rounded as well what you'd expect from the typical C-shape... if there are typical shapes at all So, it could be a "60U" as well - visually it seems perhaps even a bit chunky, but doesn't feel so when playing. Very comfortable, that's what I can tell for sure.
In direct comparison with Reborn Old LS-80 (1980), the Goldstar's neck is _very_ comfortable straight out of the box. I have to admit the neck of LS was way too chunky for me.
So, it could be a "60U" as well - visually it seems perhaps even a bit chunky, but doesn't feel so when playing. Very comfortable, that's what I can tell for sure.In direct comparison with Reborn Old LS-80 (1980), the Goldstar's neck is _very_ comfortable straight out of the box. I have to admit the neck of LS was way too chunky for me.
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