Edit: It seems like the material used for the Love Rock headstock veneer is likely related to date of mfr?
Up to 1981, plastic veneer. 1982-1985 wood veneer or painted wood?
From limited examples:
Plastic veneer:
LS80GT (1979)
LS80GT (1980) eBay in Japan
LS80 (1980) Fretboard.co.uk
LS80 (1980) Reverb
LS200 (1980) Cliff's as seen on Flickr
LS200 (1980) yamauchi web site
LS200 (1980) yamauchi site
LS200 (1980) mycoolguitars site
LS100ON (1981)
LS200 (1981) Reverb
Wood or wood veneer:
LS80 (1982) with a solid flamed top, FEB, one piece body
LS80 (1983) solid flamed top (mine)
LS150 (1983) villager's web site
LS80? (1984) another member's solid flame top, one piece back, no FEB present
LS200 (1985) Reverb
Would like to hear from Love Rock owners so I have more data points.
So I was just playing my 1981 LS100S and the sun was hitting the head stock and I saw that the veneer on the head stock does not line up with the rest of the head stock. As though it shrank, or was glued on AFTER the guitar was built?
I found some older threads on this topic and seems Tokai used plastic veneer on models up to LS200 and holly veneer on the LS200 and up?
This first guitar, my 1981 LS100S, looks like it could be plastic veneer that shrunk? I’m not seeing wood grain in the veneer on this guitar at first look.
I'll post a bunch of pictures at different angles.
Up to 1981, plastic veneer. 1982-1985 wood veneer or painted wood?
From limited examples:
Plastic veneer:
LS80GT (1979)
LS80GT (1980) eBay in Japan
LS80 (1980) Fretboard.co.uk
LS80 (1980) Reverb
LS200 (1980) Cliff's as seen on Flickr
LS200 (1980) yamauchi web site
LS200 (1980) yamauchi site
LS200 (1980) mycoolguitars site
LS100ON (1981)
LS200 (1981) Reverb
Wood or wood veneer:
LS80 (1982) with a solid flamed top, FEB, one piece body
LS80 (1983) solid flamed top (mine)
LS150 (1983) villager's web site
LS80? (1984) another member's solid flame top, one piece back, no FEB present
LS200 (1985) Reverb
Would like to hear from Love Rock owners so I have more data points.
So I was just playing my 1981 LS100S and the sun was hitting the head stock and I saw that the veneer on the head stock does not line up with the rest of the head stock. As though it shrank, or was glued on AFTER the guitar was built?
I found some older threads on this topic and seems Tokai used plastic veneer on models up to LS200 and holly veneer on the LS200 and up?
This first guitar, my 1981 LS100S, looks like it could be plastic veneer that shrunk? I’m not seeing wood grain in the veneer on this guitar at first look.
I'll post a bunch of pictures at different angles.
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