This guitar was built during the infamous "lawsuit era" for brands such as Tokai, the guitars from this era are renowned as being on par with their Gibson and Fender counterparts from the same era, and I can confirm that this certainly is one lovely guitar. What looks more classic than a black Strat with a white pickguard and maple neck? not a whole lot, and whats even cooler is that it was made in Japan in 1979, and that's a big yes from us here at Noizemaker. I will ship your item within 2-3 business days, after your payment.Here we have a lovely Tokai "springy sound" strat style guitar from 1979 in black with a maple fretboard. International buyers are responsible for all duties and taxes. I'll shipp Worldwide by "Express Mail International service" EMS (Trackable, Including handling cost.), 6-12 days. Maybe the guitar wasn't an exact replica, but it has a cool vibe.Īll guitars and pedals from my personal collection! ![]() ![]() Finally, at the knob end of the headstock the decal says, 'Oldies BUT Goldies' which substitutes for 'ORIGINAL Contour Body'. An original Stratocaster decal reads 'WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO', the Tokai has 'THIS IS THE EXACT REPLICA OF THE GOOD OLD STRAT.'. The words 'S P R I N G Y S O U N D' were used in place of 'S T R A T O C A S T E R' in block letters. Tokai replaced the backward F with a T (without a line through the letter). Upon closer inspection, 'Tokai' script is placed where the word 'Fender' would be located on a Stratocaster headstock. Looking from several feet away, the decal appears as though it is an old Fender 'spaghetti' logo. These guitars came with a 1950s Fender-style tweed case.Ī most interesting feature of these guitars is their headstock logo decal. First, these instruments were equipped with a five-way pickup selector switch and second, the adjustment end of the truss rod is not a screw type, but a metric Allen wrench socket. Tokai made two obvious changes to this guitar when compared to a true vintage 1954 model and were made to accommodate function over form. A single-ply, eight-screw pickguard holds the staggered-pole single-coil pickups. The hard rock maple V-shaped neck has a button string-retainer and single-line, Kluson-like tuners. With most Tokai 1954 Stratocaster-replica guitars, you notice a highly figured, light ash body finished in a 50s style two-tone sunburst with a deep rear-body contour. Tokai designed these guitars to be similar versions and not exact, carbon copies of the originals. Tokai initially introduced both a 1954 (maple-neck) and a 1959 (slab-board) style Strat copy. ![]() Also, Tokai built these cool reproductions as a tribute to the one of the most sought after vintage guitars and certainly the most copied body style in the history of solid-body electric guitars. Tokai's goal was to make an old-style Strat-style guitar available to local (Japanese) buyers at an affordable price point. These early attempts by Tokai to meet the markets demand for replica Stratocasters pre-date Fender's own reissue models by several years. Tokai's Strat-clones were available in Japan beginning in 1976 and were intended to be high-end guitars, not low-cost copies. Maybe the right Gibson SG 61.ĭuring the mid-1970s, Tokai helped satisfy demand in guitar market for look-alike old Les Paul and Stratocaster guitars. Excellent condition for its age! has just been professional setup and serviced.ĭawgtown USA pickups Hand Crafted '54 Stratocaster.
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