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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: choucas09 on February 25, 2011, 03:46:19 PM

Title: NGD Tokai Strat
Post by: choucas09 on February 25, 2011, 03:46:19 PM: Came today, photo doesn't do it justice, it's achingly beautiful in the flesh. It's a 1981 Springy Sound that's had a re-paint (nitro). The neck is stunning and general condition very good indeed for a 30yr old. Pickups aren't great, but I intended to put Bareknuckles in there anyway.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc119/jage7/DSC02489.jpg)
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Post by: gordiji on February 25, 2011, 04:36:01 PM: looks the bollocks, big tokai fan myself.which pups though?
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Post by: Philly Q on February 25, 2011, 05:01:10 PM: I was thinking "looks good".... then I scrolled across and saw the matching headstock.... and I thought "looks awesome!"

Love it! :D
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Post by: AndyR on February 25, 2011, 05:07:40 PM: Looks very tasty... er, apart from the matching headstock! :lol:
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Post by: dave_mc on February 25, 2011, 05:10:19 PM: very nice :D
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Post by: Philly Q on February 25, 2011, 05:10:43 PM: Quote from: AndyR on February 25, 2011, 05:07:40 PM
Looks very tasty... er, apart from the matching headstock! :lol:

:lol: I'm so glad you saw this thread!
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Post by: Andrew W on February 25, 2011, 05:15:14 PM: That's a really lovely guitar right there. Very nice indeed and I like the matching headstock - doesn't work for me in every colour but that one looks a beaut. Will it be Irish Tours, Mother's Milk, the 62 set? Please tell us, we all get excited by this kind of detail. :)
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Post by: gwEm on February 25, 2011, 05:22:08 PM: pretty pretty
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Post by: choucas09 on February 25, 2011, 05:25:12 PM: I'm super-stoked. A genuine vintage guitar of custom shop quality for £425. I'm thinking Irish Tours and a nice brass trem block. Any suggestions on the latter would be appreciated.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc119/jage7/DSC02492.jpg)
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Post by: Twinfan on February 25, 2011, 05:33:50 PM: That's just cracking - gorgeous!!
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Post by: d1dsj on February 25, 2011, 06:23:51 PM: Awesome, my second favorite colour..... looks fabulous 8)
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Post by: Plexi Ken on February 25, 2011, 06:42:14 PM: Love it :)
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Post by: Ian Price on February 25, 2011, 06:58:14 PM: That is beautiful. Great price too. Did you try before buying?

Need a strat so bad.
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Post by: WezV on February 25, 2011, 07:24:58 PM: I worked on a CAR version recently - they are cracking! It got all new hardware and quite a modern look, (not what i would have done for myself) but the new trem and tuners where definite improvements - a trem block will work wonders on that

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/new/fin2-3.jpg)
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Post by: Telerocker on February 25, 2011, 07:56:06 PM: Quote from: choucas09 on February 25, 2011, 05:25:12 PM
I'm super-stoked. A genuine vintage guitar of custom shop quality for £425. I'm thinking Irish Tours and a nice brass trem block. Any suggestions on the latter would be appreciated.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc119/jage7/DSC02492.jpg)

I like sonic blue. The painted headstock makes it a looker. Very nice guitar. I have IT's in my strat and I love them.
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Post by: 38thBeatle on February 25, 2011, 07:59:50 PM: I Love it. I have an old friend who has one in his home that one day I will get him to sell to me- his is not a very nice colour but the guitar itself is super. Yours however looks the business -great colour!
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Post by: FernandoDuarte on February 25, 2011, 09:03:43 PM: Quote from: AndyR on February 25, 2011, 05:07:40 PM
Looks very tasty... er, apart from the matching headstock! :lol:

+1! :)
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Post by: Afghan Dave on February 25, 2011, 10:02:20 PM: Very cool. Really well done on your find.
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Post by: choucas09 on February 25, 2011, 10:02:40 PM: Did I try before buying? No Ebay.

Two no votes on the matching headstocks. Well last year at a local guitar store I saw a Fender Jaguar in red with a matching headstock and it gave me a semi so I'm mighty pleased to get one.

Is there anything better than a NGD that goes lottery? No pub is going to get me tonight.

(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc119/jage7/DSC02493.jpg)
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Post by: horsehead on February 26, 2011, 08:44:29 AM: That last picture is epic!The guitar is sexy all it needs is a tortoise shell pickguard & your done mate. Congrats on the guitar & beer choice :)
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Post by: AndyR on February 26, 2011, 08:58:54 AM: I have to admit that, in that colour, matching headstock does not seem so bad. In general I don't like it on my strats, but that one looks so good anyway I might even have put up with it myself! :lol:

What gets me, is that I tried these guitars in the early 80s, and I just couldn't see what the fuss was all about - I preferred my Squier. Otherwise I'd have owned one for the last 30 years!
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Post by: MrBump on February 26, 2011, 10:04:49 AM: Epic.

Always wanted a Tokai - and that strat looks AMAZING!
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Post by: HTH AMPS on February 26, 2011, 12:04:57 PM: wow, that is gorgeous and a bargain at under £500
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Post by: choucas09 on February 26, 2011, 02:52:39 PM: After listening to the clips for a very long time last night I think I'm going to go for Apaches. They're the pups that shouted Strat the loudest.
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Post by: Andrew W on February 26, 2011, 04:00:41 PM: Quote from: choucas09 on February 26, 2011, 02:52:39 PM
After listening to the clips for a very long time last night I think I'm going to go for Apaches. They're the pups that shouted Strat the loudest.
I have Apaches and love them BUT most people put them in maple boarded Strats. You might find you need something brighter to balance the rosewood. My two pence.
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Post by: PhilKing on February 26, 2011, 04:08:17 PM: It looks great - I like the painted headstock. Apaches can work in Rosewood, though the 59 slab board or 63 curved board would be the more vintage correct. Not to add another to the mix, but Mothers Milks work great with rosewood boards.
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Post by: choucas09 on February 26, 2011, 09:14:13 PM: This board is a veneer and the guitar is quite bright and light so fingers crossed for the Apaches.
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Post by: roland_rat on February 26, 2011, 09:34:56 PM: Very very nice. Love the colour of that one :D
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Post by: 38thBeatle on February 27, 2011, 12:23:57 AM: I have Apaches on a rosewood board Strat- sounds terrific.
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Post by: choucas09 on February 27, 2011, 12:45:50 AM: Yeah 38th I kept listening to the official clips last night again and again and kept coming back to the slow blues with Apaches. That's what a Strat sounds like! I liked all the pickups, but as winds get hotter I feel you're increasingly hearing the sound of the pup and decreasingly the sound of the guitar.
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Post by: AndyR on February 27, 2011, 07:54:17 AM: Yeah, I've not tried my Apaches in a rosewood board strat but I do think they'll work well, especially if it's a bright sounding one.

I don't think you'll be disappointed, I wondered about Apaches for a couple of years, felt increasingly drawn to them. When I finally got some they did exactly what I was imagining - they are extremely "stratty", no other way to describe them! :D
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Post by: 38thBeatle on February 27, 2011, 08:39:57 PM: I was gigging last night and we stuck in a med tempo bluesy song to break up a series of up tempo material. I used my Apache Strat neck pickup and whilst I use the tone a fair amount, last night it just sounded so damn good when I played a solo ( a combination of great acoustics and everything was feeling just right). I remember thinking that Strats just don't sound better than this- and I have had 4 or 5 years to get attuned to the Apaches but they still make me stop and appreciate the tone even now.
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Post by: choucas09 on February 28, 2011, 01:56:39 PM: Just what I wanted to hear 38.
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Post by: Frank on March 08, 2011, 06:03:47 AM: bumpin' this with some rampant matching headstock p0rnography.

huge eBay URL (http://cgi.ebay.com/10-FENDER-CS-CUSTOM-CLASSIC-STRATOCASTER-COPPER-RW-NK-/330533436659?pt=Guitar&hash=item4cf553fcf3)

my GAS reflex kicked in so badly I had to hide my credit card
Title: Re: NGD Tokai Strat
Post by: choucas09 on March 08, 2011, 04:14:02 PM: Sorry Frank, I'm stoking the furnace.

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1916&bih=1102&q=stratocaster+matching+headstock&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
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Post by: Frank on March 08, 2011, 06:03:39 PM: oh man

that's hardcore NSFW right there
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Post by: Telerocker on March 09, 2011, 12:48:55 AM: enough to wet your pants for a week.