PRS Copies PR LR LG Models

Thread to collect these.

There was a headstock shape change in 2003/04 and another by 2008.


2003? LR40 SBR (JV Guitars)


2003 Fakai. Korea (closed "a")


2004 LR40SGR? Japan



2004 MIJ ?


2010 LG124 Japan


2015 LG50Q China

SN 0408673

Is this a genuine MIJ Tokai PRS copy?

2003 Tokai Web Page Thanks To Wayback Machine



www.tokaiguitars.com 2003 web site

Wayback Machine

New Models

"TOKAI" has been the hallmark of quality guitars since 1947.

We intorduced the LR30 and the LR40 at NAMM Anaheim 2003.



LR30 TS(Tobacco Sunburst)

Body: Carved 5A Flamed Hardrock Maple
(Book Matched) Top
and Two Piece Mahogany Back
Neck:One piece Mahogany Set-Neck
Fingerboard:Rosewood
Body Binding:Natural Wood Binding
Bridge:VS100G Wilkinson Tremolo by Gotoh, Japan
(Chrome)
Machineheads:SG38-01 Gotoh, Japan (Chrome)
Pickups:Alnico Custom-Made Paf-Vintage Gotoh, Japan
Controls:Recessed in Body, 2 Volume, 2 Tone,
3 way switch
Colour::TS(Tabacco Sunburst), VF(Vintage Violin),
CS(Cherry Sunburst) - Others upon Request
Place of Origin:Hamamatsu, Japan
Price:List $2,300.00



LR40 SBL(See-Thru Blue)

Body: Carved 5A Quilted Maple(Book Matched) Top
and Two Piece Mahogany Back
Neck: One Piece Mahogany Set-Neck
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Body Binding: Natural Wood Binding
Bridge: GTB200 Wilkinson by Gotoh, Japan(Chrome)
Machineheads: SG38-01 Gotoh, Japan(Chrome)
Pickups: Alnico Custom-Made Paf-Vintage Gotoh, Japan
Controls: Recessed in Body, 2 Volume, 2 Tone
3 way Switch
Colour: SBL(See-Thru Blue)-Others upon Request
Place of Origin: Hamamatsu, Japan
Price: List $2,500.00





We introduced our new models, LR30 and LR40 at NAMM Anaheim 2003.

2004 LR40SBL

SN 0408673














http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21648

Jul 24, 2015

I don't usually do a NGD thread but the top on this is stunning and i had to share. Its a 2004 Tokai PR model, i don't know the exact model but it was only made between 2002-2004 according to the seller. It's an absolute joy to play and it is quite a weighty beast.

I'll upload some pics of the cavity's and pickups hopefully someone can help me identify the actuall model number.














https://www.strat-talk.com/threads/ngd-tokai-prs-japan.356047/




Seems like these are the same guitar as SN 0408673 above?





http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=26066&p=195255&hilit=prs#p195255

2004 PR80Q

SN 0408671
















http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21648

http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=77843

http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23041&p=179023#p179023

Pepe said:

They came out in 2001, but with a different headstock to this one. Tokai had to change it due to copyright laws and potential litigation from PRS.

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http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21648

LR40 came out in 2003.

Headstock change soon after.

No longer made by 2005.

ned said:

The LR40's are no longer made.

There are no US dealers at this time. Your best bet is to contact a Canadian dealer or a dealer in Japan.

JSD - can you get custom MIJ Tokai's?

Ned

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http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3802

ampmaker said:

40000 yen for a set-neck guitar (relatively labour-intensive) that's made in Japan in 2004 seems suspicously low to me.

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http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21648

Another weird hting about these. The model number does not correlate to the price.

They were not 40,000 yen. Look at the web page...$2,500 8)

I'm suspecting that these models with the Japanese serial numbers that are stated on the web page as having their origin in Japan, were cut in Korea and assembled and finished in Japan?

Note the cutouts in the pickup cavities.

Also the 3 screw TRCs.

Later all of the assembly was apparently done in Korea or China. Still not sure which?

2008 LG50Q

SN 082905

Korean model?

Specifications:

Scale Length - 25"
Frets - 24
Radius - 12"
Nut Width - 1.65"
Weight - 7 lbs 14 oz






















https://www.ebay.com/itm/255549023760

2010 catalog

ScottA said:

The Tokai PRS my buddy bought has the recessed knobs and such. His is quilted. I'm pretty sure its Korean, as it has the printing on the back of the headstock. I think it has a made under liscence disclaimer and it might even say "made in Korea".

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http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3996&start=15

PRS 180 VF Santana model.

Made In Korea? Assembled in Japan?

Oval pickup tab cutouts.

Square nut.

3 screw truss rod cover.



















http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25788&p=193336&hilit=santana#p193336

FC06 serial number.

PRS style Tokai.













https://www.ebay.com/itm/394102269...b_vTl8uRJe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Unauthorized PRS

"Make in Korea" "Fakai"

2003

Early version of headstock shape.


1 screw truss rod cover.













https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tokai-Ele...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

ArthurS said:

I just spotted this auction (link) on eBay, which is for a supposedly Made in Japan PRS copy. Now I know Tokai has some Korean PRS models in the $500 range that are supposedly really nice, and there are also two MIJ models (LR30 and LR40) that cost over $2000.

The interesting thing is that this auction is for a 'PR-85Q', that looks a lot like the LR40 in the link above, but only costs $699. At first I thought it was a Korean model, since I couldn't spot a serial number and it has a truss-rod cover with three screws, but the aforementioned LR40 also has the three-screw truss-rod cover. Furthermore, this particular guitar doesn't have the lines of text on the back of the headstock that most Korean models seem to have ("Made Under License etc").

Does anybody have any idea on what we have here? A new Japanese model or Korean after all?

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ArthurS said:

Update! I just got back an e-mail from the seller of the guitars. He said the ones that were up for sale for $699 are definitely Made in Japan. The scale, according to him, is 'just like the PRS'. If this is in fact the case, that would mean 25" (I assumed Tokai had decided to just go with 25,5" or 24,75", but apparently they tooled up for 25").

Finally, he said that he hadn't seen any Japanese guitars with a tremolo yet. The only PRS-copies with a whammy bar he had sold until now were Made in Korea ('months ago').

They still look like interesting guitars to me, even thought they don't seem to be as 'accurate' as Tokai's Les Paul copies.

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http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2597

Fakai.



https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/tokai-prs-copy.2140985/

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1434036