Description
Great playing Japan-made Tokai with the flavor of an ’85 San Dimas era Jackson including small control cavity. Finished head to toe in pearl pink, it’s an outstanding player and the stock pickups sound good. Features include 2-piece contoured alder body, one-piece hard rock maple neck with rosewood fretboard, 25.5″ scale, 22 wide frets, Tokai neck contour which is a well-rounded C-shape with small shoulders, 2 single coil and 1 humbucker T.A.R. (Tokai Advanced Reproduction) pickups without exposed poles on the single coils, 3 mini pickup switches which allow any combination, no pickguard, Ayers Rocker III tremolo with fine tuners, lightning bolt fretboard inlays with black side markers, pink pearl finish with matching neck and headstock, Tokai deluxe vintage tuners, black hardware, football output jack, pointy non-angled headstock, and San Dimas style control route with shielded control cover (pic here). Overall this guitar is in nice shape for its age with no cracks or serious issues and just some minor flaws including shown here – a small finish touch-up near the output jack, some light clearcoat scratches on back, a small rub on the headstock tip, and other very minor finish imperfections. Not clean enough for the collector types but for a player – this thing plays great, with low action and no fret outs on bends. Although it’s missing parts in the locking nut, it’s a rather primitive system and would better be used like a vintage tremolo, i.e. without a locking device on the headstock. It stays in tune very well when used like a vintage Strat with down push; doesn’t stay in tune as well with up-pull. These Japan made Tokai’s are very highly regarded and are excellent utility instruments. For tone and playability, it’s hard to beat at $339
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