8) this AST104 is so cool even with the tokai modified modern headstock, which isnt bad at all but actually pretty cool. it was less than $1000 in japan and it came with a nice tokai softcase. its got the matching headstock and a very thick neck which sounds very thick like a les paul almost. the craftsmanship is more than fantastic, pretty much perfect. its very hard to believe this guitar is only about $1000. the modern tokai super craftsmanship isnt dead but still so alive and well. very impressive and i guess its maybe nearly perfect! its really true so please try yours someday somewhere then you will know what i mean here...j