Lord of Broghton
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Hi All,
Fist time poster so please be gentle..
I have just purchased what I believe in part to be a 1980 Springy Sound. I say 'in part' as I'm not sure that the neck is original.
I have added the pics to an album in iCloud which hopefully you can access below:
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0Y5qXGF1nsHwP
What I do know about the guitar is as follows:
- 2 piece body (was told it is Sen Ash but I lack the knowledge to confirm this)
- Maple neck / board with round string retainer. The neck did have a sticker on the base near the body but was completely illegible so have removed it.
- Serial number on neck plate is 0014792
- body is stamped in neck and middle PU cavity 12=1 GS
- Neck it stamped at the butt 2=2
- PU's are grey bottomed E's and pickguard is marked with a letter A
- saddles and tuners are marked as Tokai
- not sure if the body is a poly or nitro finish
My confusion as to it's originality lies in the following:
- I was under the impression that the neck on a maple board should have been a V profile, but it's more of a fat C or U shape. Definitely not a V.
- The pickguard is a WBW 11 hole, and I would have expected a maple board guitar to come with a single ply 8 hole pickguard.
- the neck and body codes don't match.
I have a suspicion that the guitar was originally shipped with a rosewood board, but for whatever reason the neck was changed at some stage. I don't think that the neck is original and the pickguard has been changed as the holes in the body for the pickguard look to be in the right places - I think if it came with an 8 hole pickguard at least one of the screw holes would have been out of place.
I have no idea what model the guitar is - the body at least I would have thought is an ST-60 or 80 (finish dependant), but no idea what model the neck is from.
I know there a lot of serious Tokai experts on this forum so hoping that one of them could throw some light onto what I have here. I should say that whatever it turns out to be doesn't really bother me, as the guitar looks, feels and sounds great - and at the end of the day that's all that really matters.
Thanks,
Karim.
PS - let me know if you can't access the photo's and I'll try something else.
Fist time poster so please be gentle..
I have just purchased what I believe in part to be a 1980 Springy Sound. I say 'in part' as I'm not sure that the neck is original.
I have added the pics to an album in iCloud which hopefully you can access below:
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0Y5qXGF1nsHwP
What I do know about the guitar is as follows:
- 2 piece body (was told it is Sen Ash but I lack the knowledge to confirm this)
- Maple neck / board with round string retainer. The neck did have a sticker on the base near the body but was completely illegible so have removed it.
- Serial number on neck plate is 0014792
- body is stamped in neck and middle PU cavity 12=1 GS
- Neck it stamped at the butt 2=2
- PU's are grey bottomed E's and pickguard is marked with a letter A
- saddles and tuners are marked as Tokai
- not sure if the body is a poly or nitro finish
My confusion as to it's originality lies in the following:
- I was under the impression that the neck on a maple board should have been a V profile, but it's more of a fat C or U shape. Definitely not a V.
- The pickguard is a WBW 11 hole, and I would have expected a maple board guitar to come with a single ply 8 hole pickguard.
- the neck and body codes don't match.
I have a suspicion that the guitar was originally shipped with a rosewood board, but for whatever reason the neck was changed at some stage. I don't think that the neck is original and the pickguard has been changed as the holes in the body for the pickguard look to be in the right places - I think if it came with an 8 hole pickguard at least one of the screw holes would have been out of place.
I have no idea what model the guitar is - the body at least I would have thought is an ST-60 or 80 (finish dependant), but no idea what model the neck is from.
I know there a lot of serious Tokai experts on this forum so hoping that one of them could throw some light onto what I have here. I should say that whatever it turns out to be doesn't really bother me, as the guitar looks, feels and sounds great - and at the end of the day that's all that really matters.
Thanks,
Karim.
PS - let me know if you can't access the photo's and I'll try something else.