Author Topic: My Tokai Love Rock Relic (pics and review) (Read 9804 times)

horsehead · « **Reply #15 on:** July 28, 2007, 07:18:48 AM »

Twin, it's very Jimmy Page-esc with the front covered & the back open...were you going for that look?

Damn I love Tokai's

Dazza1004 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 28, 2007, 08:06:58 AM »

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hey twin, how many guitars have you got ?

Ahem. :oops: 20 currently, two on order. I have a couple of Ibanez RGs I need to sell.

That's too many, right?

no way man, it's like justification for me to go out and buy more and have a clean conscience

Twinfan · « **Reply #17 on:** July 28, 2007, 11:53:36 AM »

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That guitar is a stunner!!

Cheers TO - I love it too :D

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Twin, it's very Jimmy Page-esc with the front covered & the back open...were you going for that look?

Yeah, I think Page's is a double black in the bridge? I had this spare Zebra Mule lying around waiting for a guitar so it seemed the obvious place to put it. I don't usually like the mix of covered/uncovered but in the Relic it seems to work really well. On a "minter" I think it would look odd.

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no way man, it's like justification for me to go out and buy more and have a clean conscience

Go for it ;)

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You must have an understanding other half...

Yup I do. She's a cracker :D

Twinfan · « **Reply #18 on:** July 30, 2007, 11:35:34 PM »

Well I've been playing the Relic for most of tonight, and it sounds and feels better than my Gibson Les Paul Standard :oops: I can't believe how great it sounds. The Standard has unpotted Mules too :o

The Gibson is too bright and shrill sounding so I'm going to put the original tailpiece back on it when I next change strings (it currently has a lightweight aluminium one fitted). Hopefully that will smooth the tone out a bit.

I now understand the whole Tokai thing - the good ones really are very good!

Philly Q · « **Reply #19 on:** July 31, 2007, 12:40:34 AM »

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The Gibson is too bright and shrill sounding so I'm going to put the original tailpiece back on it when I next change strings (it currently has a lightweight aluminium one fitted). Hopefully that will smooth the tone out a bit.

That's interesting... I was thinking of getting one of those tailpieces for my Orville (mostly just as a weight reduction exercise, even a sub-9lb LP feels heavy to me). Food for thought...

Twinfan · « **Reply #20 on:** July 31, 2007, 08:43:35 AM »

It might not be the tailpiece, it may be that the extra sparkle of unpotted humbuckers doesn't work for my ears. Or I might have freakishly high treble-based Mules as a result of the scatter winding. I'll know more after the tailpiece swap...