Members Faber Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Yeah, so it's a horrible pickture, but the guitar is nicer than my photography let on An '05 MIJ Tokai ES120 with a set of Duncan 59s in it. It's a feather weight, the sound is clear and full, the action was outstanding and I tend to believe the previous owner when he said that he never used it - It is practically mint. Much like said owner it was however caked in grime and nicotine when I got it, so it took a bit of cleaning and the gig bag was so dirty that I threw it out. I need to give the pickup covers another go to get the last off of them. I payed 1/3 of what I payed for my Ibanez Scofield new, and so far I'd say the Tokai is every bit the instrument that the Ibanez is. Which, makes me feel a bit when I think about it. They sound different enough to justify having both though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 :love: Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 How would you describe the differences in tone, BTW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members o.versteer Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Congrats, I have one just like it, fantastic guitars. Mine has Antiquities in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted September 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Not that i'm particularly good at describing tone but I'd say the Ibanez is brighter and have a bit less bass with the Tokai being a bit fuller overall. The Ibanez is lower output. The Ibanez also have a certain percussivness to the attack that have always made me think of an arch top or accoustic guitar - by comparison the Tokai have more traditional semi/electric attack (if that makes sense at all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted September 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 O.versteer - that's lovely. I have a set of antiquities that I might put in there. I'm going to keep the 59s in there for a while and see how I like them in the long run. So far I'm pleasantly surpirsed by them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mnewb1 Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 very nice! HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paul44 Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Sweet Tokais! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefchr Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Very niceHNGD:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Not that i'm particularly good at describing tone but I'd say the Ibanez is brighter and have a bit less bass with the Tokai being a bit fuller overall. The Ibanez is lower output. The Ibanez also have a certain percussivness to the attack that have always made me think of an arch top or accoustic guitar - by comparison the Tokai have more traditional semi/electric attack (if that makes sense at all) It does make sense. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 SCORE!! She's a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 That's a beauty! HNGD! EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 That is nice - HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 very nice! congrats! what pickups does your Ibanez Scolfield model have vs the '59's in the Tokai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted September 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Thanks.Ibanez call them Super 58s - AFAIK it's their take on a classic PAFish humbucker. It's certainly of that family. Some of the tonal differences might also be down to the Ibanez having an ebony fretboard vs the rosewood on the Tokai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NHLfan2010 Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Super hott!! HNGD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slave2TheAudio Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Blones are nice! I have one too Although I heard that Blondes are for the shows, but the brunettes are the ones to show mom? Or did I get that wrong? haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C-4 Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 I'll bet that Tokai wipes up a lot of 335's! Beautiful guitar!Enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bruto Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Those are both nice. It's hard to find those in the US. I think you have to get them from Japan or the UK. o.versteer> did you also change the bridge on yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Sweet axe. Nice score; HNGD! I have a set of the 59's in my Hamer and I've been pleasantly surprised by them as well. They're so ubiquitous in so many guitars that I thought they'd be bland sounding, but they're actually not half bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 That's hot. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ExiledCrow Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members o.versteer Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 Those are both nice. It's hard to find those in the US. I think you have to get them from Japan or the UK. o.versteer> did you also change the bridge on yours? No, all the other hardware is the original Gotoh stuff. It's good quality so I haven't bothered changing it, it was just the original Tokai pickups that were a bit underwhelming. I'm by no means a pickup geek, but the difference between them and the Antiquities was night and day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted September 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 I'll bet that Tokai wipes up a lot of 335's! Beautiful guitar!Enjoy it. I'm not knowledgable enough to say for Gibsons in general, but compared to the '87 335 Dot I had a few years back this is a far far better instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted September 28, 2010 Members Share Posted September 28, 2010 I begged me a blonde once too. She still said no. Nice looking guitar there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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