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Help with tokai model

John robert

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Hello. I have a tokai 2011 is all I’m sure of but need help with model. I was told it’s a LS-148F but not sure. I will send pics but it 2 pc mahogany body. 1pc neck. Maple top with flame i’m Venere
Anything you all can do to help
Well it won’t let me post pics
 

somebodyelseuk

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Hello. I have a tokai 2011 is all I’m sure of but need help with model. I was told it’s a LS-148F but not sure. I will send pics but it 2 pc mahogany body. 1pc neck. Maple top with flame i’m Venere
Anything you all can do to help
Well it won’t let me post pics
Okidoki.
I own an 2015 LS150F, which may well be the same model - the model number is based on the RRP of the guitar in thousands of yen at the date of manufacture.
IIRC, the model number is usually stamped in one of the pickup routs.
Lets assume that it's the same as mine...
It'll have 'Made In Japan' ink stamped under the lacquer on the back of the head, embossed serial number beginning with the year of manufacture - eg. '11' for your's - in the usual placement.
Neck will be single piece with 'wings' to make the width of the head - like Gibson does. Rosewood board, fret ends extend over the binding. Long tenon neck joint. Body will be two piece mahogany with flamed maple cap - not a veneer. Pair of generic Japanese humbuckers - may be Gotoh, may be unmarked, there are two different suppliers. CTS pots and Orange Drop caps. Copies of Switchcraft switch and jack socket - they say they're Switchcraft in the marketing, but they aren't.
Hardware is all Gotoh, as far as I can remember - Kluson style tuners, ABR1 style bridge (zinc w/brass saddles) and aluminium stopbar.
The truss cover should be a held with two screws, like a Gibson. The truss adjuster uses a nut and box spanner, not an allen key.

Like I say, if it's the same as mine, it'll have a lot of R9-ish details, such as the vintage style binding in the cutaway, "chunky" neck profile, tall pickup rings, bridge posts screwed directly in to the top - not in to inserts, etc.

https://www.tokaiforum.com/ is worth a look.
 
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Corleone

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Hello. I have a tokai 2011 is all I’m sure of but need help with model. I was told it’s a LS-148F but not sure. I will send pics but it 2 pc mahogany body. 1pc neck. Maple top with flame i’m Venere and granny
Anything you all can do to help
Well it won’t let me post pics

You can update its pictures now??
 
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