Tokai Les Paul Custom 1985

[badlucklove]

Well I never seen one before, and neither has google.

 

[slapshot]

that has a maple top?

 

[badlucklove]

Dont know it does not read "maple" on the top.

 

[o0mobius0o]

I see flames. It's maple.

 

[badlucklove]

so....? And that means?

 

[o0mobius0o]

Mine has a mahogany top.

 

[badlucklove]

I found that greco super power EGC-500 looks a lot like my Tokai hehe.
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/other-les-pauls/47293-1980-greco-les-paul-custom.html

and a gibson
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/norlin-years/127957-reality-check.html

 

[slapshot]

just from the bit of reading I did they made their customs with mahogany tops like they did in the 50s.

 

[badlucklove]

Yeah this is one strange guitar indeed, I think it's somekind of special edition of TLC60

 

[slapshot]

like this tokai tele custom edition.haven't seen this in the cattle dogs

everyone else seemed to have made a sunburst custom too so no surprise they made one too.companies made stuff never ended up in the cats too for whatever reason.
might be like the lc65 john sykes model?

 

[badlucklove]

Found it! http://www.tokairegistry.com/images/catalogs/81cat_p6.jpg can someone translate it to me heheehehe

 

[Robert Arthur]

It says your guitar kicks a$$

 

[slapshot]

the tlc60 is
[Body Top] solid mahogany 2-piece [Body Back] mahogany [Neck] mahogany [Fretboard] rosewood (black stained） [Pickup] Tokai '57PAF Vintage MkII [Parts] Gold [Finish/Color] WR, BB

so i'd go pretty close to that with the addition of maple for the top & CS in the colours
no i don't have bionic eyes i just pasted it from here http://brochures.yokochou.com/guitar-and-amp/tokai/1984/en_03.html

yeah i'd call it an TLC60CS.

oh close but once again I'm proved wrong.

 

[badlucklove]

Exeptions are year of manuafacture original 81' with no headstock logo, mine is still 1985 with logo on the headstock. I dont think this was supposed to be made in year 1985 in this color, well there are some strange things in japan.