stewblack Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Well this is a new one on me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I’ve never seen that one either , and apparently they did a big stud too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 You'll probably be unsurprised that I've encountered these. There were several, including the skinny stringers. Japanese-made (possibly Teisco Gakki or Sakai Mokko), early 70s, US market: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 In a word, "clumsy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Bassassin said: You'll probably be unsurprised that I've encountered these. Now I know they're Japanese I'm not surprised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 You can see the similarity between the Big Stud and this Tokai. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, cytania said: You can see the similarity between the Big Stud and this Tokai. That is interesting. '74 (not '73) from the pickup codes, but the 80s Yamaha BB bridge & defret does make me wonder how authentic the rest of it is. Never seen anything like this before but Tokai (if it really is one) is a fairly unknown quantity in their early 70s days - a small factory largely supplying a domestic market, and very little surviving literature to ID instruments from. Better-known after their Gibson replicas started being exported in the mid 70s and took off dramatically. Anyway, wouldn't mind seeing this in bits. Might not be all it seems. Link for anyone who wants to see bigger pics: https://reverb.com/item/33193153-super-rare-first-models-matsumoku-tokai-tele-bass-1973-wine-red-maxon-pickups-fretlees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 That lyre engraving on the bridge plate looks oddly familiar. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, BigRedX said: That lyre engraving on the bridge plate looks oddly familiar. Any ideas? 80s Yamaha. Had a BB400S with the same bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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