Author Topic: Japanese Tokai Goldstar(strat copy)- MAJOR UPDATE (negative) (Read 12323 times)

dave_mc · « **Reply #15 on:** August 06, 2007, 05:28:10 PM »

Update:

another local shop has a tokai goldstar strat copy for a similar price (but no case)...

they felt pretty similar to me (neck profile), pickups on the goldstar may have been slightly better (though it was a better amp so i'm far from sure)...

any ideas if it's better, worse, or similar to the springysound? I couldn't see any serial numbers or anything like that on it.

if I can't get any info, I'll probably go with the springy sound, as it comes with a case and is a nicer colour (assuming the shop still has it)... it also felt slightly "newer", in slightly better nick (though again that's very slight).

Cheers for any help! :drink:

EDIT: just to point out, it's really difficult to find out any useful info, which is why i'm asking so much... they don't seem to make them any more... :(

dave_mc · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2007, 07:23:36 PM »

I went today to try it again (the white one)... my mistake, it said goldstar on it... i guess my memory's not so great! :lol: Seemed to be a 3-piece body, looked to be alder or ash (similar type of grain)...

Anyway, i was about to pay, when i thought i'd see if i could get any money off.

They said that was the best they could do, they were selling it for someone... hang on a minute, i thought it was new, but ex-demo, "only played by one or two people in the shop"?

Nope, second hand.

I was ripping, the guy in the shop the previous day (different guys were there today) had lied to me that it was new. Apparently he was selling it for his friend. I had made a 100 mile round trip to buy that guitar. Needless to say, I wasn't too pleased.

I'll probably just wait for one of those edwardses now, to be honest... i really don't think i could stick that other gold-coloured one, I really don't like gold in guitars!

Thanks for all your help guys, sorry there wasn't a happier conclusion... I realise being second hand doesn't make it a worse guitar, but I don't appreciate being lied to, especially when I've had to drive 100 miles. And £275 second hand doesn't strike me as an amazing deal anyway...

I don't want to post the name of the shop out in the open in case it gets tim or anyone else here in trouble, but you can PM me for the name if you're in Northern Ireland and want to be warned of an unscrupulous shop.

:drink:

Kilby · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2007, 07:50:15 PM »

Hmm sorry to hear about the dissapointment.

As regards the shop name, I would guess at either as one with a 8 letter word in it's name.

Rob...

dave_mc · « **Reply #18 on:** August 07, 2007, 08:15:24 PM »

^ cheers for the condolences, rob, not 8 letters...

:lol:

I can see this turning into hangman...

:lol:

Kilby · « **Reply #19 on:** August 07, 2007, 09:42:12 PM »

Quote from: dave_mc

^ cheers for the condolences, rob, not 8 letters...

:lol:

I can see this turning into hangman...

:lol:

More like hang shop assistant

dave_mc · « **Reply #20 on:** August 08, 2007, 01:12:32 PM »

:lol:

:drink:

(and bump just in case anyone else wants to know which shop to avoid)

Twinfan · « **Reply #21 on:** August 08, 2007, 02:06:52 PM »

Was one of them BGE???

I mailed them the other day about something and got no reply. No reply = no business.

dave_mc · « **Reply #22 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:13:30 PM »

^ nope, not BGE... (i assume you mean belfast guitar emporium when you say that)

Oh, i just realised what you meant. yeah, the belfast guitar emporium had one of the tokai strats (gold), it wasn't the place which lied to me though. it has some other nice tokais too.

best if you ring them... in my experience, most shops here don't seem to understand how to use the internet to their best advantage. Many shops here don't even list their opening hours!

Kilby · « **Reply #23 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:16:12 PM »

Quote from: dave_mc

best if you ring them... in my experience, most shops here don't seem to understand how to use the internet to their best advantage. Many shops here don't even list their opening hours!

I believe that there was (and possibly still is) and issue about who owned the website a few months ago. There website was offline for quite some time.

If you give them a call they are usually pretty helpful (unless you get the work experiance people that they sometimes have)

dave_mc · « **Reply #24 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:18:42 PM »

^ possible, yeah, rob. I'm still in the dark as to what happened about their "closing down sale"...

:lol:

Kilby · « **Reply #25 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:26:45 PM »

Quote from: dave_mc

^ possible, yeah, rob. I'm still in the dark as to what happened about their "closing down sale"...

:lol:

Oh I know, thats ever so confusing, especially as that Eggle is still calling me :roll: (I think it's still there at a low price)

Then again I have Tele / doublecut / firebird GAS and I also want pickups for the Berlin.

Damn I was in denial about my GAS

dave_mc · « **Reply #26 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:27:52 PM »

^ yep, eggle's still there, i tried it the other day (monday?). no idea about the price though, it was £500 last time i asked, but the price can change... I've been quoted different prices for the tokais on different occasions.

Twinfan · « **Reply #27 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:30:24 PM »

Any idea on the price of the Tokai Relic? Or the SG Special with P90s?

dave_mc · « **Reply #28 on:** August 09, 2007, 01:36:44 PM »

^ tokai relic? ah, i think i did see that one, didn't play it or ask a price though. (that's a les paul standard, right?)

If the sg with p90's is the one i'm thinking of, it wasn't there when i was there (for the past few times, i was looking for it to try! it was white, right? I was kinda kicking myself i didn't try it when i got the chance)...

Twinfan · « **Reply #29 on:** August 09, 2007, 02:01:11 PM »

The Relic is a Love Rock (Les Paul) model, yep.

On their site at the moment, the SG with P90s is a cherry one...