Tokai custom identification

Greensleeves81 · May 31, 2022

Hi there .. purchased a ivory tokai les paul custom the other day .
Serial number FC0608990

Can’t quite tell the year .. possibly 06 but most importantly the country of manufacture .
Was wondering if anyone could help with identification.
Thanks all in advance ..

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mdvineng · Jun 1, 2022

Chinese 2006.

Paladin2019 · Jun 1, 2022

China, '06

Greensleeves81 · Jun 1, 2022

Morning all .. thank you for your replies .
When I purchased the guitar the seller hinted at it being a Korean model ?
I also started to think it was a fake .. as the tokia logo is slightly off centre and the emblem isn’t as defined as some others I’ve seen .
Also the fact it doesn’t have a country of manufacture stamped on the rear was another concern .
If you don’t mind mind ..can I ask what told you it was made in china.. what was the defining feature .

Cheers all
Adam

mdvineng · Jun 1, 2022

Serial number style.
Most Korean Tokais were without serial numbers.

Sigmania · Jun 1, 2022

Reborn Old said:
No genuine MIK Tokai models have or had serial numbers
outside of possibly 2006 Fine Corp "FC" or "F" prefix models
if these were in fact produced in Korea and not China,

http://www.tokaiforum.com/posting.php?mode=quote&f=1&p=163629

mdvineng said:
FC is Fine Corp, only if it's from Korea but there are now FC ser#'s coming out of China.

http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=26241&p=197939&hilit=Fine+corp#p197939

How do you tell the difference? Did the Fine Corp Korean guitars not have a serial number?

mdvineng · Jun 1, 2022

Korean numbers are generally large and bold in size and around 6 digits. Chinese style is smaller and 7 or more digits from what I have seen

Sigmania · Jun 1, 2022

Thanks. That helps.

Sigmania · Jun 1, 2022

Preserving a photo of the serial number.

Interesting that it is an '06 number like Reborn Old referred to. At the time, he suggested these may in fact be Chinese.

Greensleeves81 · Jun 1, 2022

I don’t suppose anybody would know the model number of it ..

Sigmania · Jun 1, 2022

Chinese models are typically the lower end model like this ALC53 in the 2005/2006 catalog.

https://www.vintagejapanguitars.com.br/en/tokai-2006-2007-catalogue-vol-23/

Yours has the "export dimple" on the headstock and witch hat knobs.

Greensleeves81 · Jun 1, 2022

The previous owner switched out the speed knobs for the witch hats ..

Sigmania · Jun 1, 2022

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