Note the shape of the top of the peghead – they’ve added a small variation to avoid being a direct copy of the ‘open-book’ motif. The neck shape is ‘full elliptical, 50’s profile’, which means a little chunky, and is entirely appropriate for what this guitar is based on. Eastwood I believe, make a copy of a 1960s Tokai Hummingbird electric which is a variation on the Mosrite shape.Mahogany neck with unbound rosewood fingerboard, dot markers. Gibsons are often "weight relieved", they have holes in the body, they only started using the term "weight relived" after angry purchasers exposed the trick on YouTube, Tokais are virtually all 2 piece solid mahogany bodies.įurthermore, a Tokai LS100 from 76-84 will probably set you back up to a grand and maybe more than its' Gibson equivalent, though there are still bargains to be had out there.Īs for irony, there is one. Tokais basic Japanese model has medium length tenon joint that will always be tightly fitted, no shims. The neck tenon is usually a short one, and often is wedged in with extra shims due to poor quality control. A Standard Gibson Les Paul has a different body contour around the Pup selector switch, it's been "simplified" ie, it's cheaper to make. Oh and Tokais are not "copies" they are replicas, a contemporary Tokai Les Paul shaped guitar is far closer to being a replica of a 58 standard than a Standard Gibson Les Paul. Strats are a little different however removing the scratchplate will let you know if it was made in Japan as it will be marked as such and there's usually a mark on the body end of the neck They are actually, very good guitars however, they are not legally Tokais and were withdrawn from sale.Īl Japanese Les Pauls have only 2 screws on the truss rod cover, all their other non Japanese guitars have 3. Part of the problem with what are termed "Fakais" is that, a decade ago a Canadian distributor did a deal with the factories in Korea that made models for Tokais where they built and shipped several hundred guitars branded as Tokais that were not Tokais. Rosewood is now covered by the CITES controls, that means even a second hand guitar if shipped from one country to another has to be logged.
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