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Old 23-01-2004, 09:30   #1 (permalink)

 
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Who's bigging up Japanese guitars?
Talking about Yamaha SG's and Tokais. Any other guitars that are Gibson quality but without the price?

Oh, yeah Fenders are banned from this thread as being a cover for a homosexual lifestyle!!!!!

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I've a 1984 Tokai strat, and it is every bit as nice, if not nicer than any Fender I've played....
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Yamaha SG's are not gibson quality without the price. i don't care how many internet sites you've read that on, it simply isn't true.
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i've got a Tokai Tele built from mid 80's parts.

its awesome.... its like no normal tele.... its like a tele on steroids
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i have a westone thunder 1, a customised westone concord and a westone thunder bass. all from around 1984.

underacclaimed guitars, but im glad about that because they currently trade hands on ebay for around £100, but the popularity is rising and so is the price.

beautiful guitars, i love westones!
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I have a tokai 1982 bass... It`s been defretted and has EMG and Kent Armstrong pickups..... It`s a lovely bass to play..... My 2 cents
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Yamaha SG's are not gibson quality without the price. i don't care how many internet sites you've read that on, it simply isn't true.
Well, it was Guitarist magazine....
And I've played a few gibsons and didn't think they were any better than my guitar.

Anyway, what are you talking about? Your strat is a hunk of shit that rattles and has pickups weaker than your spine, boyo! At least it looks decent after I put that black scratchplate on it.....

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some japanese stuff is excellent

on a few guitar forums i visit tokais are getting really great reviews, basically better than gibson but without the pricetag...

wouldnt mind a les paul copy...

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some japanese stuff is excellent

on a few guitar forums i visit tokais are getting really great reviews, basically better than gibson but without the pricetag...


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They still aren't cheap. Bruce Millars have a nice ES355 Dot and Tele by Tokai. The tele sounded great, really bassey and round or as twangy as you like! Though the action wasn't brilliant but when do guitars ever have great action in the shop? I think it was £800 but is was reduced by more than £100 I think to about £600 and something...<wants>
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Yeah, I've seen ones that are the same as the black les paul Kirk Hammet uses for £500 on ebay...
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