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f/s f/t tokai love rock les paul


james allen

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Hello:

 

looking at the pics of the guitar, it appears Korean, the bridge is not correct for a Japanese model, the japanese models have the small posts like a gibson

 

where the chinese and korean ones have the large posts with the flat head screw tops

 

does the headstock have tokai in pearl?

 

the serial number looks fishy also, see the newer ones are usually stamped Made in Japan in Black ink along with the serial number.

 

here's a link below to some of the real ones

 

http://www.tokai-guitars.co.uk/main.htm

 

 

the reason I am asking all of this, there is knock off's being made in China by Musoland and a few other places online

http://www.musoland.com.cn/classbrand.asp?LarCode=22

 

JSD'S Guitar shack and a few other places in Canada were passing off the fakes as the real deal

 

that is why I am asking so many questions

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Contact the moderator, sorry to hear you didn't know, but when buying a guitar, do your research.

 

there is a lot of forgeries coming out of China and Korea now, they are close, but no cigar.

 

when buying a Japanese brand guitar, check all of the forums, talk to people, this way you can get an idea of what to look for.

 

you have Greco, Aria Pro, Burny, Tokai, Orville, Edwards, Navigator, History and Epiphone to name a few brands out of Japan.

 

see on that guitar, the dead giveaway is the bridge and the serial number.

 

according to the info, it is supposed to be an early 80's model.

 

it would have tokai as a pearl inlay, where all of the parts would be nickel rather than chrome.

 

Tokai Love Rock's have a collectors following because they are built so well, best of all you can get a vintage quality instrument without bending over for Gibson.

 

also the top doesn't look right either.

 

most of the love rock's I have seen from the early 80's don't have that much flame on their tops, that's a tiger top, and that from what I have seen is usually on the more recent models.

 

hope you didn't get burned on this deal.

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