lewis_grey
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Hello all,
You guys will probably hate me for this.....but I just bought this off of ebay on a hunch for ?350, it was advertised as 'possibly Japanese but doesn't say anywhere' and it has SD Blackout active pickups which are REALLY not my thing but worth some money. I thought it was probably an LS 90 or 100 from 2004 that I could easily sort out and flip for a nice tidy profit but I just got it tonight and immediately knew it was more......
As soon as I took it out of the case I noticed the finish looked pretty dull but unmistakably nitro and the weight was definitely sub 9lbs....I started getting excited! Further investigation discovered a one piece back and a flame top that was so deep and 3D that it I couldn't believe it would be a veneer. Then sure enough when I checked under the pickups....bingo! What looks to be LS 150 VF (Violin Finish), and 100% a solid flame top!
So I guess I scored the jackpot and here's some pics...
After a polish...
Neck rout...
Bridge rout with model number...
Fret board after an oil....tooling marks?
And finally headstock front and back...
So my question really is age, serial I thought was a slam dunk 2004 but I also thought the 'Made In Japan' ink stamp was introduced in 2003 or so, so just wondering if anyone Tokai experts have any insight?
Also looks like there's some tooling marks around the inlays and they don't look stock so this leads me to think they've been changed, if anyone cares to offer they're opinion on this?
Regardless, I'm obviously chuffed as nuts and probably gonna hang on to it for a while. I have a set of correct pickups for it on the way pulled straight out of an LS 160 courtesy of forum member Mosster47 and original 500k pots are in the case so gonna get it straightened out and spend some time with it!
You guys will probably hate me for this.....but I just bought this off of ebay on a hunch for ?350, it was advertised as 'possibly Japanese but doesn't say anywhere' and it has SD Blackout active pickups which are REALLY not my thing but worth some money. I thought it was probably an LS 90 or 100 from 2004 that I could easily sort out and flip for a nice tidy profit but I just got it tonight and immediately knew it was more......
As soon as I took it out of the case I noticed the finish looked pretty dull but unmistakably nitro and the weight was definitely sub 9lbs....I started getting excited! Further investigation discovered a one piece back and a flame top that was so deep and 3D that it I couldn't believe it would be a veneer. Then sure enough when I checked under the pickups....bingo! What looks to be LS 150 VF (Violin Finish), and 100% a solid flame top!
So I guess I scored the jackpot and here's some pics...
After a polish...
Neck rout...
Bridge rout with model number...
Fret board after an oil....tooling marks?
And finally headstock front and back...
So my question really is age, serial I thought was a slam dunk 2004 but I also thought the 'Made In Japan' ink stamp was introduced in 2003 or so, so just wondering if anyone Tokai experts have any insight?
Also looks like there's some tooling marks around the inlays and they don't look stock so this leads me to think they've been changed, if anyone cares to offer they're opinion on this?
Regardless, I'm obviously chuffed as nuts and probably gonna hang on to it for a while. I have a set of correct pickups for it on the way pulled straight out of an LS 160 courtesy of forum member Mosster47 and original 500k pots are in the case so gonna get it straightened out and spend some time with it!