Hoss
Joyfulnoiseologist
So i went to trade in my Washburn HB-35 on that tele copy last night and when i got there it didn't look nearly as good in person as in the pictures...not even close! it was rough with ALOT of nicks and dents and places where somebody try to patch up the paint, the bridge was really bleh...and the body was really thin. but, i didn't let that deter me too much.
i still plugged it in and gave it a whirl. it didn't do much for me so i asked the guy what else he had along the lines of a fender tele or strat in my range.
he pointed me to several mim & mik fender strats and teles and i played them all and gave them good once overs and thought a couple of them...especially a 70's ri strat and a nashville tele were pretty decent...then i spotted a Tokai 52RI behind the counter!!! so i asked to se it as it looked the best cosmetically, compared to the others and i took it into a room and plugged it into a small H&K amp and put it through it's paces.
WOW...now i know what all the fuss has been about when you guys talked about Tokai guitars! it honestly was heads and tails above those fenders...nothing was even close!!! hardware was on par with the mim stuff and maybe a little better...i dug the pups alot more and the neck felt better in my hands. sooooooooo i brought him home for my washburn (with a jacked up warped neck) and 14 bucks!
i'm happy as a mole in soft dirt!!! lol!!!
here's a pic of the model i bought (no actual pics yet)!
i still plugged it in and gave it a whirl. it didn't do much for me so i asked the guy what else he had along the lines of a fender tele or strat in my range.
he pointed me to several mim & mik fender strats and teles and i played them all and gave them good once overs and thought a couple of them...especially a 70's ri strat and a nashville tele were pretty decent...then i spotted a Tokai 52RI behind the counter!!! so i asked to se it as it looked the best cosmetically, compared to the others and i took it into a room and plugged it into a small H&K amp and put it through it's paces.
WOW...now i know what all the fuss has been about when you guys talked about Tokai guitars! it honestly was heads and tails above those fenders...nothing was even close!!! hardware was on par with the mim stuff and maybe a little better...i dug the pups alot more and the neck felt better in my hands. sooooooooo i brought him home for my washburn (with a jacked up warped neck) and 14 bucks!
i'm happy as a mole in soft dirt!!! lol!!!
here's a pic of the model i bought (no actual pics yet)!
