Oh man..... This is another piece to a puzzle I have been trying to solve.1989-ish Tokai ST? YSO Custom Edition with gold hardware and non-original pickguard:
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Updated with pictures of the PU / neck cavities and pots. I found the guitar listed in the '94 Tokai catalog as model AST481.Oh man..... This is another piece to a puzzle I have been trying to solve.
Do you by any chance have photos of the pots and codes under the pickguard?
The pots may have a date code which would help me immensely to nail down the period when these guitars with the 01xxxx serial number were made. I was thinking early 90s to 94.
The body is likely routed for an HSS option.
Codes should have a - sign in it rather than an = sign.
Very cool!
1994 Tokai AST481 YS Custom Edition:
All of the ones in this serial range 01xxxx that I’ve been able to date with pots, etc are from the early 90s, possibly all 1991.Another one, for sale in Japan. GS finish, serial serial seems to be 017872. No internal pics, sadly.
I had no handle on this one at all when I first saw it, I just naturally assumed that the pearloid pickguard and the brass/gold stuff were mods. But. apparently not. Pity someone had to take a felt-tip to it...
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Is the serial number 229339?My 1989 (?) Tokai TE80AN Custom Edition with non-original pickguard:
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1989 Tokai Catalog:
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