That is some good info you posted about how to tell the difference from the E and Dimarzios. I have a set of Flalin PAF's in one of my Vintage Love Rocks and love them. If I pull them out I am sure I will install them in another guitar either now or eventually. If I try the Fralin's and they sound better I will keep them in if not I will pull them out. I am not saying they are bad or it was a bad decisions to keep them in there. These were all brand new Tokai's that were Fender type ones. The past few Tokai's I have got I just kept the stock PUs cause I liked them. I am going to check out the new pickups first. ST-120 (1982) – V-shaped neck, gold hardware, Kluson-type tuners, DiMarzio VS-1 alnico pickups, 1-piece ash body with nitro finish ST-100 (1979 - 1983) – V-shaped neck, gold hardware, Kluson-type tuners, DiMarzio VS1 alnico pickups, 1- or 2-piece sen ash body with nitro finish ST-80 (1979 - 1983) – V-shaped neck, nickel or gold hardware, Kluson-type tuners, DiMarzio VS-1 alnico pickups, 2-piece sen ash or alder body with nitro finish ST-70 (1982 - 1983) – U-shaped neck, nickel hardware, Kluson-type tuners, DiMarzio VS-1 alnico pickups, 2-piece sen ash or alder body with poly finish ST-60 (1977 - 1984) – V shaped neck, nickel hardware, Kluson-type tuners, alnico “E,” “U,” “V” or “VI” pickups, 2-piece sen ash or alder body with poly finish ST-50 (1977 - 1984) – U-shaped neck, nickel hardware, Kluson-type tuners, alnico “E,” “U,” “V” or “VI” pickups, 3-piece alder or sen ash body with poly finish ST-45 (1980 - 1981) – U-shaped neck, chrome hardware, non-Kluson type tuners, ceramic pickups, 3- or 4-piece alder body with poly finish This is a fully functioning, playable Strat.ST-42 (1977 - 1979) – U-shaped neck, chrome hardware, non-Kluson type tuners, ceramic pickups, 3- or 4-piece sen ash body with poly finish Thank you! Banner-header image: "Fracturecaster" by Phil Sylvester at Portland, OREGON. Please contact us if there is some issue with listing content or photos, which we will be happy to revise or remove accordingly. As we are helping to promote those listings and sellers, we usually do not include additional photo credits besides a current seller link. Note: Many photographs presented in this blog represent eBay listings, and as such are the property of the original photographers. Let the buyer beware this blog also contains affiliate, sponsored-paid links, and I take no responsibility for any purchases made through such links. I do not claim ownership of images posted in this blog. I make no guarantees as to the accuracy of the information published here. This is a personal web log, and as such, it contains opinion, bias, conjecture and ridiculous wackiness. Please Note: Articles on this website are for informational, educational or humorous/satire purposes only. Stratoblogster is in no way affiliated or associated with FMIC. "Fender", "Stratocaster", and "Strat", are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC). Site and content, © 2006-20 13 JP Holesworth unless otherwise noted. But wait- there's more! He also states that SRV's guitar, pictured on 1983's Texas Flood album cover art, is a Tokai Springy Sound, and that the Tokai headstock labeling was removed before the album covers were printed- however, the giant pre-release music store posters plainly displayed the headstock labeling shown in the above photo!Ĭlick Here for more SRV-related Tokai photos. This only leads one to assume that other folks must be making counterfeits of Tokai Springy-Sound models.Īnyone remember the movie Multiplicity with Michael Keaton?īut wait! It gets even crazier! An article by Larry Meiners at states that Stevie Ray Vaughan was featured on the 1985-1986 Tokai Guitar Catalog cover. The really wild part is that now, "vintage" Tokai clones of vintage Fender Strats are becoming collectible and gaining cult status on their own. So in effect, they helped kick off the re-issue industry, as well as Gibson and Fender outsourcing "more affordable" models. ![]() Tokai weren't the only ones, but they best represent good quality in that niche. You see, back when guitar players were first talking up the Pre-CBS era instruments, someone in Japan was listening. This Tokai model was NOT a copy of the Fender Strats of its time- it was an attempt at replicating earlier "vintage" Strats. ![]() Lawsuits eventually forced Tokai to dial back the look-alike knob, but those old "Springy Sound" models have become somewhat of a cult collector's guitar. ![]() (photo: Back in the '70's- early 80's, Japan's Tokai company was making some of the most blatant replicas of popular Gibson and Fender guitars.
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