I just got a Tokai LP! any of you guys into those?

[jimbilly]

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Oh, and in pocket of the original soft case is the original sales hang tag, check it out!

[Chrisb]

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Lol one of their low end models is actually made of plywood. Hilarious.

[ApeDosMil]

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Might I ask how much you paid for it?

[slayer]

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The custom models seam to be the LS200/220 model and the top of the line!! I want one [img]/images/graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] Jack.

[jimbilly]

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I'm ebarrased to say... $240 including tax, -which I think is quite a bit below below market value.

[DonP]

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jimbilly,

Gibson '57 Customs come in any color you want - as long as it is black. Customs didn't start coming in other colors until the 70s.

$240 is an awesome price. I wouldn't be surprised if this couldn't higher than $700 on fleebay.

[slayer]

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I`ll give you double for it right now bro!! Jack.

[ExodusAttack]

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The custom models seam to be the LS200/220 model and the top of the line!! I want one [img]/images/graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] Jack.

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To my knowledge, ALS and LS = LP Standard copy, ALC and LC = LP Custom copy. Or at least that's the case here in Europe.

I don't know about the Tokai situation in the US but here in europe we have several LP Custom copies in various prices.The cheaper ones are made in Korea, and they are mostly alder, agathis and all other "non-LP" woods. LC-80 is the first model here with proper woods; magohany neck and body. The only thing I don't like even in the higher end Custom copies is the rosewood fingerboar. A Custom needs that ebony imo. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[ExodusAttack]

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I could be wrong, but I believe the LS line is Japanese and the ALS line is Korean.

http://tokairegistry.com/tokai-info/...on-models.html

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Yeah, that's right. Also, ALC = Korea, LC = Japan. Although there were some ALC/ALS models that were made in Japan in the 80's, if I recall correctly.

[speed monkey]

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The custom models seam to be the LS200/220 model and the top of the line!! I want one [img]/images/graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] Jack.

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Jack -

Actually, I'm about to embark on a Tokai binge [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

After playing a shit load of Les Pauls and then a guys 2005 LS80 that SMOKED all the Gibsons, I'm in....the workmanship is superb, they play and sound awesome.

For reference - the model #'s all coincide with price x1000 yen. So, the LS80 is 80,000 yen. You can get one shipped to your door from Ishibashi in Japan for about $650 [img]/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]

Quality wise - the LS80 is on par with any current produced Gibson Les Paul Standard. the LS120 is somewhere between Standar and Gibson Custom Shop quality, and the LS150 that I'm getting is as nice if not nicer than the current crop of Gibson Historic Reissues. The top of the line LS320 simply blows away ANYTHING Gibson is making. The funny thing is that Gibson just announced the "upgrades" to the Historic line at NAMM - this in their $3000 on up guitars, and Tokai has been doing the same thing for years for peanuts....this includes nitro finishes, long neck tenon joints top of the line U.S electronics..

Here's my email I got on Friday:
===ISHIBASHI WEB SHOP===

Dear Steve,

Thank you for your e-mail. This is Hiroaki from Ishibashi WEB SHOP.

Here is the list of Tokai Lespaul.

LS90Q --- 72,000Yen
http://daviscoltrane.hp.infoseek.co.jp/LS90Q.jpg
LS90Q(MVF) --- 72,000Yen
http://daviscoltrane.hp.infoseek.co.jp/LS90QMVF.jpg
LS75 --- 60,000Yen
http://daviscoltrane.hp.infoseek.co.jp/LS75.jpg
LS80 --- 64,000Yen
http://daviscoltrane.hp.infoseek.co.jp/LS80.jpg
LS85S --- 68,000Yen
http://daviscoltrane.hp.infoseek.co.jp/LS85S.jpg
LS125F --- 100,000Yen
http://daviscoltrane.hp.infoseek.co.jp/LS125F.jpg
LS85F --- 68,000Yen
http://daviscoltrane.hp.infoseek.co.jp/LS85F.jpg

Shipping fee for one guitar w/soft case to U.S.A. is 14,000Yen.

Please let me know which models and colors you are interested in.
Then I will inform you if your interests are available in the maker.
I hope to hear from you soon.

If you have question, please feel free to ask me.
Thank you very much!

Best regards,
Hiroaki Gohno/International Sales Agent
Ishibashi WEB SHOP
Ishibashi Music Corporation
E-mail---> [email protected]
Web Site Domestic---> http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/
Web Site Intl.---> http://www.ishibashi-music.com
USED WEB Site---> http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/
Telephone number: +81-3-3291-7090
Fax: +81-3-3291-7099

Here's some shots of a new LS150:





LS320


It's sooooo hard to beat....for $1100 you can get total Gibson Custom Shop quality delivered to your door....the LS150 is all solid, the LS80F and the LS125F are all solid with a maple veneer on top - not a 3/4" thick flame maple cap like the LS150....

Steve E

[speed monkey]

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Here's a couple of shots of a LS80F....





This one is a 2 piece mahogany back, two piece solid maple top with a flamed sycamour veneer, poly paint.

This guitar would be $689.58 shipped to the U.S. based on the exchange rate today [img]/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]

Steve E

[speed monkey]

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Last - a couple more shots of another LS150...this is a badass guitar....









Killer.

Steve E

[jimbilly]

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I'm loving this LC-60, I'm gonna try to get a couple more of the older ones before everybody finds out about them.

[speed monkey]

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I'm loving this LC-60, I'm gonna try to get a couple more of the older ones before everybody finds out about them.

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Too late..... [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Steve E

[jimbilly]

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Ha-ha! I just bought a little digital fish scale, my LC-60 weighs 8lb 14oz, -that's reasonably light for an LP?