Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

[JumpMarine]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2384&item=3735026934&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Anyone have one? Quality?

This is a stock picture on ebay, I've seen it before......

[Benjy_26]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

I'd go for it.

Tokai's suposed to be one of the better copy makers out there. I'd check out some mid 90's Japanese Fernandez teles as well. I got mine for undre $200 and it's great. It came with Kluson copies by Gotoh and a steel 3 saddle bridge.

[kmcguitars]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

I've played a few Tokai's mostly the lawsuit model's And IMHO there
about as close to the real thing as you can get! This is a post lawsuit
model. But the Quality is still probaly good. I would email him and
make sure this is a MIJ model ?? I've heard Tokai was farming some
of it's low end stuff out to Korea? One more thing. I noticed it didn't
have brass saddles on it ? ( just a minor detail) But I think 52's came
with brass ?

[Tweed]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

There are (or were) a couple of Hamer Teles on eBay in the $400 range. One was a 3-pup model.

[brianwenz]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

Hello Helloo--
Scroll down past the picture...it says "made in Korea".
This must be one of the new ones.
Brian.

[Curly]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

that ones made in Korea

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

Yep that is a Korea one, the strap pins gives it away.
But if it is one of the new ones from Korea, then it is quite good!

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

If you could dig up an old 80's Tokai Breezesound......those are great guitars, preferly with the old spaghetti logo.

[Norman_T]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

Why not go for this one instead?



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...735041495&rd=1

[BS123]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

Tokais, no matter from Japan or Korea are/were great guitars. I had a Breezysound when they first came out in the early '80s. In fact, that was the Tele I bought after I heard Albert Lee. I couldn't afford a 52 RI Fender but I could afford the $250.00 that the new Breezysound cost. Mine was a MIJ model. I do agree with Lee though. For an auction that'll probably go over $400, you could wait a bit and get a 52 RI for around $800...

[tone4days]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

i've had my eye on the tokai's for a while .. i wish i could play/see one first ... i might pull the trigger yet ...

i've not seen a fender 52ri go for as low as 800 on ebay .. most of them go a good bit higher ... 400 is much more doable for some people than 800+ .. there are some nice looking MIJ fender 52ri's that go for in the 600s and 700s, but then there is ~$100 shipping from japan

what do you all think of this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3734573879&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

anyone know much about samick/valley arts? .. i thought samick makes very inexpensive guitars for beginners and valley arts makes mucho dollar pro quality gear (larry carlton / steve lukather / brent mason / etc)

cheers
t4d

[brianwenz]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

Hello Hello--
As far as holding it's value, always go with the Japanese Tokais [not Korean..] and also make sure the body wood is alder or ash [and if it's ash, make sure it's LIGHT ash !
Brian.

[kevlar3000]

Re: Tokai 1952 Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde

I have owned 2 Tokai Korean 52 Tele's and they are among the best guitars I have ever owned. The necks are absolutley perfect, they stay in tune and are extremely resonant. I have recorded ( hit my link and listen to Invasion From Planet K, that is the Tele doing all the rhythm stuff) extensively as well as gigged with them a ton. I traded away my first one for studio time and it is now the owners # 1 guitar as well, that is among PRS and USA Fender's that he owns. The nut is worth replacing as well as the electronics. I have not missed my US 62 RI Tele at all, in fact I sold it to get the Tokai and have an extra 500.00 to play with. Hell of a guitar and both were set up perfect out of the box.

I got them both from Mike's Music and was very pleased.