Tokai Goldstar sound guitar

[jtr]

Just bought one for $50 and I know nothing about it. Strat copy Solid wood body, Maple neck ( not a Strathead ) ok tuners,S/S/S, & Pewter color ( light gray).

[Rich#6]

tokai makes the mij fenders, very good guitars.

[Blazer]

tokai makes the mij fenders, very good guitars.

Nope, Kanda Shokai (where Tokais are made) do not make Fender, that Honor goes to Fuji-gen Gakki who also make Ibanez.

Anyway, nice score, that's a killer value for money, certainly when it's so little money.

[Rich#6]

Nope, Kanda Shokai (where Tokais are made) do not make Fender, that Honor goes to Fuji-gen Gakki who also make Ibanez

tell that to wikipedia
Tokai have their own instrument making factory and have built guitars for well known brands (OEM). Tokai and Dyna Gakki currently build the Fender Japan solid body models and have done so since 1997.
Fender Japan was officially created in March 1982 and consists of two Japanese Music companies that handle the ordering and distribution. The two companies are Yamano Gakki (Gakki means musical instrument company) and Kanda Shokai. Yamano are a musical instrument wholesaler/retailer with their own retail outlets and Kanda Shokai are a musical instrument wholesaler with no retail outlets of their own. These two companies do not manufacture guitars, they order them from Japanese guitar factories such as FujiGen Gakki and then they distribute them through retail outlets. Yamano distributes them through its own retail outlets and also various other retail outlets and Kanda Shokai distributes them through various retail outlets including the Ishibashi chain of music stores in Japan. The Japanese guitar factories that have made Fender Japan guitars at various times are FujiGen Gakki, Tōkai and Dyna Gakki.
According to a Fender representative it was in the Fender Japan contract that if there was a change of manufacturer from FujiGen Gakki to another guitar factory then the logo would be changed from MIJ ("Made in Japan") to CIJ ("Crafted in Japan"). The first CIJ Fenders start around 1992 but most of the Japanese Fenders up till 1996/1997 are MIJ Fenders. In 1991/1992 FujiGen Gakki were expanding their factory operations by establishing FujiGen Hirooka Inc ((Japanese) フジゲン広丘（株）) to be able to take on additional set neck (Gibson like necks) contracts (such as the Orville by Gibson contract) and so Dyna Gakki (one of Kanda Shokai's main guitar makers) took over some of the making of the Japanese Fender models which resulted in a CIJ logo being used on some Japanese Fenders instead of an MIJ logo. CIJ is mostly used on Fenders from 1996/1997 until recently due to Tōkai and Dyna Gakki taking over the Fender Japan manufacturing contract from FujiGen Gakki in 1996/1997. The Fender Squiers were also brought into line to be in sync with the Japanese Fenders at around the same time (1996/1997) with 'Crafted' rather than 'Made' being used. "Made in Japan" is used on some current Fender Japan models (2007) instead of "Crafted in Japan

[Bengal]

Fender Japan was officially created in March 1982 and consists of two Japanese Music companies that handle the ordering and distribution. The two companies are Yamano Gakki (Gakki means musical instrument company) and Kanda Shokai. Yamano are a musical instrument wholesaler/retailer with their own retail outlets and Kanda Shokai are a musical instrument wholesaler with no retail outlets of their own. These two companies do not manufacture guitars, they order them from Japanese guitar factories such as FujiGen Gakki and then they distribute them through retail outlets.

Is it me or does that say they DON'T build guitars but order them from FujiGen Gakki? Maybe I'm misreading it but that's what it looks like to me. Meaning the MIJ Fenders are made in the Ibanez plant.

But then it goes on to say they have been made at Tōkai and Dyna Gakki as well.

[nhspike]

Congrats.
I love Tokai guitars
I'm down to a AST55H I believe the model is... kinda charvelish Hss with locking trem
Stock pickups just smoke!
One of my keeper guitars fur sure man.

[satyr]

I know 2 players (REAL GOOD) who still use their 80's tokai's, Fender came out wtih the Squiers to compete in the 80's. From what I understand, the Squiers were made in the "Ibanez factory"...and the E S/N series was the same as sold with Fender Stratocaster markings (I have a 87 with a system 1 trem, identical to the Japanese Fender Strat)..anyway
I saw a Tokai Strat from the 80's go for @$1400 on E-Bay last year!!
The E squiers (MINT) go from $600-$1200 if the seller knows what he has!

[chrisolson]

Wiki is only as accurate as the people who put stuff in there. I've got no horse in this race, and either of you could be right, but Wiki is not the "be all, end all" for FACTS.

Just sayin'...