![]() The Tokai name as much as “Fender” so they would take the Tokai decal FYI…I read somewhere thatĪlthough the Japanese knew they had a great guitar, they did not respect Original Tokai tweed case in VG shape except forĬouple tears on bottom left side. These Pups are awesome! WeighsĪpproximately 7.85lbs. Neck-soft C shape, 7.25 Radius, 42mm nut, frets at 65-70%. Action is lowĪnd fast with no string buzz. Still looks fine, plays great and sounds great. It’s in very good condition considering.Īll original with a few dents scrapes scratches and wear spots. Stevie was on theĬover of the Tokai 1985 Catalog along with other posters. Spotted with his Tokai Strat replica on the road. posed with a Tokai Springy Sound on the cover of his 1983 album, and Billy Gibbons of was By the early 1980s, Tokai’s Stratocaster replicas-known as Springy Sound, Goldstar Sound, and Silverstar Sound-were surpassing Fender’s American-made Strats in popularity. ![]() They started to gain notoriety in the 1970s and ‘80s with their production of high-quality Fender a replicas that captured the old school vibes of the original instruments at a fraction of the cost. Stratocaster REPLICAS (lawsuit guitar)ever made by Tokai Gakki Co. This is one of the finest high quality pre CBS Fender The gloss finish on the neck profile is immaculate.Ī brown faux leather gigbag is included, along with the plastic tremolo cavity cover and “ashtray” chrome bridge cover.SN: 9004895. Cosmetic wear is extremely sparse, with a bit of light buckle worming between the neck plate and tremolo cavity cover, and a scant few light finish scratches in the clear coat of the gloss. The vibrant three-tone Sunburst gloss finish is faithful to a Fender burst circa 1958, applied thinly enough to have subtly settled into the prominent grain of the ash. Plastics include the one-ply white pickguard, which displays some requisite pick scuffing on the treble side, along with lightly yellowed pickup covers and knobs. The vibrato has bright chrome plating and Tokai-stamped saddles (again, mirroring Fender spec), and the unit actuates quickly for surfy warbles and deeper dives, bouncing back to the target pitch reliably. The “50” stamp denoting the model tier is stamped beyond the last fret on the fretboard.Īll the electronics function as intended, with the standard Strat Volume/Tone/Tone configuration of knobs and a three-way pickup selector. The stock Kluson-style, Tokai-stamped single line tuners are intact, turn smoothly, and hold pitch well. On the headstock, the Tokai Springy Sound waterslide decal is in excellent condition above text which reads “This is the Exact Replica of the Good Old Strat” where one would typically expect to see the small patent numbers under the model name. The nut measures 42.5mm (1.675”) in width. This Tokai plays cleanly up the 25 1/2" scale with a straight neck and responsive, optimally-adjusted truss rod. The frets are in great shape, showing only a few isolated spots of very faint wear on the crowns beneath the plain strings from frets 1-12. The maple fretboard retains the original vintage-spec slender fretwire, which has well-rounded crowns. The maple neck has a medium C-shaped profile carve with well-rounded shoulders, measuring. This Tokai weighs 7lbs 9oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, slinky action, and spot-on intonation. All three pickups meter just over 8k ohms (notably hotter than vintage Strat coils), achieving the clarity and bounce of a vintage Strat with a bit more midrange and authority. That classic Strat tone is captured faithfully by the three gray bobbin U-stamped alnico magnet single coil pickups which have plenty of sparkling treble and tight low-end. The tonewood complement provides an articulate and responsive acoustic palette, with the ash body’s midrange heft and articulation balancing out the maple board’s treble snap. Produced from 1978-83, this first-year Springy Sound has a 1950's aesthetic and tonal profile with a small Pre-CBS style headstock shape, single-ply pickguard, gloss three-tone Sunburst finish, and the tonewood pairing of a one-piece maple neck and sen ash body. Tokai Strats were so well-produced that they found their way into the hands of guitarists including Stevie Ray Vaughan and Billy Gibbons. ![]() One of the more storied vintage “Lawsuit Era” Japanese Strat-style guitars, the Springy Sound models were celebrated upon their introduction for being a faithful, high-quality spin on the classic Fender platform. Up for sale, a 1978 Tokai Springy Sound ST50 in exceptional, 100% original condition and perfect working order.
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