The original brown Tokai soft case is included, just like the original 1950’s Stratocaster cases. These pre lawsuit Tokai are getting harder and harder to find and are known for being just great players, and SRV was right for playing them. Great playability and spectacular Strat tones. Tokai Springy Sound ST-60 - Golden Era Japan 1980 - 3 Tone Sunburst - Has the Grey Bobbin E Pickups and A Pickguard - Hand Wound 54 Strat Copies. It is well known that Stevie Ray Vaughn was known for playing early Tokai Stratocasters and after playing them you know why. Tokai Springy Sound ST60 1979 - Sunburst. It has some honest wear you’d expect from a 40 year old guitar that has been loved and played but never abused. This 40 year old Tokai is in good condition. It has its original Tokai U stamped single coil pickups that provide killer Stratocaster tones. This one was made before Fender forced Tokai to change its headstock shape (as they were too much like vintage Fenders). This one is designed after the 1958 Fender Stratocaster, and is an early Tokai with the spaghetti logo. These early made in Japan Tokai guitars were made with outstanding craftsmanship, with playability second to none. Price includes FREE worldwide insured airmail to your door.Here is another vintage Japanese Tokai from my collection. Tokai ST-60 57 Reissue Goldstar Stratocaster Ice Blue Vintage 1980s. 2009 Tokai Japan Goldstar Sound Sunburst Electric Guitar w/ Fender G&G Case. Tokai Springy Sound ST60 1979 - Sunburst. Vintage Tokai 1981 Made in Japan Springy Sound ST-60 Stratocaster. ![]() The rest of the guitar is all original and it has gone a nice honey blonde colour over the years (You can see beneath the pickguard in pic 8 what the original shade was) but time has turned it more of a golden colour. This is a lovely old Strat and a rarely seen model! Comes with hard to find Tokai case! Tokai Springy Sound ST-50 1979 - Sunburst. ![]() Luckily for you, my one is a lot cheaper ) And actually this is a higher-end model too than that particular guitar that was sold at auction. As this is a high end 2-piece centre-seam ST-65 is in excellent condition, having never been gigged or left the house! When I first got this guitar some years ago, the middle pick-up was dead, so I had Aaron Armstrong (yep, the great Dan Armstrong's grandson) re-wind the middle pickup. And he did a great job! Such a great job In fact, that the middle pick-up now sounded better than the other two! So I had him re-wind all 3 pickups! Consequently, this is a really great sounding Tokai Strat! One of SRV's guitars (from circa 1985) sold at auction back in 2004 for over 20k And that was nearly 20 years ago! So I can only guess it would fetch at least twice that if sold today. It is said that SRV owned around a dozen or so Tokai guitars, from 70's Strats through to the mid- 80's models. The Springy Sound was a pre-CBS Stratocaster reissue made in the Tokai Gakki factory Japan in the late 70s until the. ![]() Back in the early 1980's a certain music store in Japan sold these rare all maple Tokai ST-65 Strats as part of a "package deal" together with the Tokai "Woody" champ amp (I'm also selling the amp that came with it) I bought them together from the original owner some years ago, and it would be nice if they stayed together! And I'm happy to do a good deal on the pair in order to keep them together! However, I'll sell them separately if required.
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