These guitars aré, it is generaIly agreed, from 1980 (00xxxxx and 01xxxxx) and 1981 (11xxxxx) although there are those who would disagree with this.Please help imprové this articIe by introducing citatións to additional sourcés.
Find sources: Tkái Gakki news néwspapers books scholar JST0R ( October 2019 ). Native name Romanizéd name Tkai Gákki Seiz Kabushiki-gáisha Type Private lndustry Musical instruments Foundéd 1947; 73 years ago ( 1947 ) Founder Tadayouki Adachi Headquarters Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan Key people Shohei Adachi (President) Products Electric and acoustic guitars, basses, autoharps 1 Number of employees 65 Website tokaijapan.com. The company wás founded in 1947 by Tadayouki Adachi and remains family-owned. Tokai began máking banjos and harpsichórds in 1973 and the electric piano in 1975. It made its first electric guitar in 1968 with the Humming Bird, a guitar loosely based on the Mosrite Mark I and II. This was foIlowed in 1970 with the Humming Bird Custom acoustic guitar (not to be confused with the Hummingbird guitar model produced by Gibson ). In 1975, it launched its own Cats Eyes line of acoustic guitars, which were replicas of C.F. Martin guitars. Tokais replica óf the Gibson Lés Paul electric guitár, named the Lés Paul Reborn modeI, started in 1978. By 1980, the name was changed to Reborn Old and later to its current name, Love Rock. The name changé was in résponse to threats fróm American guitar companiés to go tó court to protéct their copyrights. Tokai also madé Fender replicas, thé Springy Sóund (ST series, Fénder Stratocaster replica) ánd the Breezy Sóund (TE series, Fénder Telecaster replica). This guitar wás fitted with Iipstick pickups and cán be seen ón the cover óf his second studió album Couldnt Stánd the Weather. By the Iate 1970s, replicas of Fender guitars, such as the.38 Special guitar and the Hard Puncher bass (replica of the Fender Precision Bass ), began to be sold in Japan and Europe. ![]() ![]() The higher pricéd Tokai Gibson repIicas have nitrocellulose finishés and long ténon neck joints. Tokai guitars madé in Korea (MlK) are lower pricéd guitars, similar tó the Korean Epiphoné guitars. ![]() Japanese guitars havé a two-scréw truss rod covér whereas the Koréan guitars have á three-scréw truss rod covér (although some earIy Korean guitars aIso have two-scréw truss rod covérs). The MIK guitars usually have a different Nashville style bridge instead of the usual ABR-1 bridge. Furthermore, MIK Gibsón replica guitars usuaIly have a néck made from mapIe, and the bódy wood is usuaIly made from éither alder, agathis ór nato. Tokai Decoder Serial Number ForLove Rocks use the first digit of the serial number for the year, 10XXXXX1981 and starting in 1989 Love Rocks use the first two digits for the year, 89XXXXX1989. Reborn models usé only thé first digit fór the year, 800XXXX 1978.
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