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Most guitar manufacturers put a serial number on each instrument they produce. This number can be used to date a guitar and in some cases tell where it was made. Serial numbers tend to be stamped or written somewhere on the headstock or neck joint of the guitar. On some acoustic guitars, the serial number is on the inside of the sound hole.
| 東海楽器製造株式会社 | |
Romanized name | Tōkai Gakki Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha |
|---|---|
| Private | |
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Founded | 1947; 73 years ago |
| Founder | Tadayouki Adachi |
| Headquarters | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka , |
Key people | Shohei Adachi (President) |
| Products | Electric and acoustic guitars, basses, autoharps[1] |
| 65 | |
| Website | tokaijapan.com |
Tokai Gakki Company, Ltd. (東海楽器製造株式会社, Tōkai Gakki Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha), often referred to as Tokai Guitars, is a Japanesemusical instrument manufacturer situated in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka prefecture. Tokai is one of Japan's leading companies in the business. The company was founded in 1947 by Tadayouki Adachi and remains family-owned.
Although Tokai currently focuses on electric and acoustic guitars, basses and autoharps (called 'chromaharp')[1], the company manufactured other instruments such as melodicas, pianos and guitar amplifiers in the past.
History[edit]
Tokai began in 1947, as a harmonica and piano manufacturer. It developed its first melodica, the Pianica, in 1961. Tokai began making banjos and harpsichords in 1973 and the electric piano in 1975.
The Linux Terminal can be accessed from Applications - System Tools - Terminal. It looks like a small command prompt window. You do not need to login or set up credentials to use it. The other remote-access servers were used so you could use the Linux Terminal. Well, simply put, you connect to our servers here Remote Access. When you remotely access a computer, you are inputting data into a computer other than the one you are physically sitting at. The other computer may be a friend's computer five feet away, or it may be an NC State server computer miles away. This video demonstrates how to login to a terminal server with Windows Remote Desktop Client. The Remote Desktop Connection Client is used for logging into a virtual terminal server. Remote Desktop Connection has. Trucker Information (Container Terminal) All container traffic must use the outside (right) lane to enter the South Gate. The gate pass dispenser is located near the access-control badge scanner. Push RED button on gate pass dispenser – this will be your gate pass to proceed into the terminal. Inbound loads must cross scales for weighing. Ncu learner portal. NCUA CUOnline.
Tokai started making classical guitars in 1965. It made its first electric guitar in 1968 with the Humming Bird, a guitar loosely based on the Mosrite Mark I and II. This was followed in 1970 with the Humming Bird Custom acoustic guitar (not to be confused with the Hummingbird guitar model produced by Gibson).
Some Tokai guitars, with models resembling American manufacturers' guitars: fltr: Goldstand Sound, Talbo, LS-85 Love Rock, Hard Puncher bass
From 1970 to 1973, Tokai produced the Conn line of acoustic guitars under contract with C.G. Conn[2][3] In 1972, Tokai entered into a joint-venture with C. F. Martin & Company to supply acoustic guitar parts and also to build Martin's Sigma electric guitars. Leblanc paris bass clarinet serial numbers. In 1975, it launched its own Cat's Eyes line of acoustic guitars, which were replicas of C.F. Martin guitars.
Between 1977 and 1978, Tokai began making various Fender and Gibson replica electric guitars and basses. These models are generically known as 'lawsuit guitars'. Tokai's replica of the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, named the 'Les Paul Reborn' model, started in 1978. By 1980, the name was changed to 'Reborn Old' and later to its current name, 'Love Rock'. The name change was in response to threats from American guitar companies to go to court to protect their copyrights. Tokai also made Fender replicas, the 'Springy Sound' (ST series, Fender Stratocaster replica) and the 'Breezy Sound' (TE series, Fender Telecaster replica). Stevie Ray Vaughan played a 'Tokai Springy Sound' at one time. This guitar was fitted with lipstick pickups and can be seen on the cover of his second studio album Couldn't Stand the Weather. By the late 1970s, replicas of Fender guitars, such as the '.38 Special' guitar and the 'Hard Puncher' bass (replica of the Fender Precision Bass), began to be sold in Japan and Europe.[4]
In 1983, Tokai introduced an aluminum-body guitar called the Talbo (Tokai Aluminum Body) which the band Devo played at one time. Tokai has its own instrument making factory and have built guitars for well-known brands under contract (OEM). Tokai and Dyna Gakki produced the Fender Japan solid-body models from 1997 until the end of the Fender Japan joint-venture in 2015.
Characteristics[edit]
The original selling price in Japanese yen is often included in the model number—for example TLS-100 = 100,000 Japanese yen. The higher priced Tokai Gibson replicas have nitrocellulose finishes and long tenon neck joints. Tokai guitars have been made in Japan, Korea and China. Korean production started around the mid-1990s. Tokai guitars made in Korea (MIK) are lower priced guitars, similar to the Korean Epiphone guitars. The MIK (Made in Korea) guitars can be differentiated by the truss rod cover. Japanese guitars have a two-screw truss rod cover whereas the Korean guitars have a three-screw truss rod cover (although some early Korean guitars also have two-screw truss rod covers). The MIK guitars usually have a different Nashville style bridge instead of the usual ABR-1 bridge. Furthermore, MIK Gibson replica guitars usually have a neck made from maple, and the body wood is usually made from either alder, agathis or nato.
Serial numbers[edit]
Tokai uses a seven-digit serial number usually pressed into the back of the headstock for the Gibson model replicas. Love Rocks use the first digit of the serial number for the year, 10XXXXX=1981 and starting in 1989 Love Rocks use the first two digits for the year, 89XXXXX=1989. Reborn models use only the first digit for the year, 800XXXX = 1978.
There is a major exception to this in that some 'Reborn Olds' (very rare) and 'Love Rock' models have inked serial numbers on the reverse of the headstock (often referred to as 'Inkies'). These guitars are, it is generally agreed, from 1980 (00xxxxx and 01xxxxx) and 1981 (11xxxxx) although there are those who would disagree with this.
It also appears that some of the original 1978 'Les Paul Reborns' have inkied serial numbers.
Some MIK Love Rock models have no serial number and simply have 'Made In Korea' inked on the back of the headstock. Sometimes the model number may be located under the bridge pickup. MIK Love Rock models identified in this manner include ALS48 and ALS50Q.
The Tokai Fender replicas have a production number serial number that contains no year information.
References[edit]
- ^ abChromaharp on Tokai Japan, 27 Oct 2019
- ^Conn acoustic guitars unofficial website on The Jet Medic (archived, 13 Jul 2011)
- ^Conn acoustic (steel-string) guitars on The Guitar Medic (archived, 19 Jan 2018)
- ^Q&A's with Mr. Shohei Adachi, president of Tokai Gakki on Tokai forum, Oct 30, 2005
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tokai Gakki. |
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Most guitar manufacturers put a serial number on each instrument they produce. This number can be used to date a guitar and in some cases tell where it was made. Serial numbers tend to be stamped or written somewhere on the headstock or neck joint of the guitar. On some acoustic guitars, the serial number is on the inside of the sound hole.
Tokai Gakki Company, Ltd. 東海楽器製造株式会社 Romanized nameTōkai Gakki Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha Private Industry Musical instruments Founded 1947; 73 years ago Founder Tadayouki Adachi Headquarters Hamamatsu, Shizuoka,Key peopleShohei Adachi (President) Products Electric and acoustic guitars, basses, autoharps[1] 65 Website tokaijapan.com Tokai Gakki Company, Ltd. (東海楽器製造株式会社, Tōkai Gakki Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha), often referred to as Tokai Guitars, is a Japanesemusical instrument manufacturer situated in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka prefecture. Tokai is one of Japan\'s leading companies in the business. The company was founded in 1947 by Tadayouki Adachi and remains family-owned.
Although Tokai currently focuses on electric and acoustic guitars, basses and autoharps (called \'chromaharp\')[1], the company manufactured other instruments such as melodicas, pianos and guitar amplifiers in the past.
History[edit]
Tokai began in 1947, as a harmonica and piano manufacturer. It developed its first melodica, the Pianica, in 1961. Tokai began making banjos and harpsichords in 1973 and the electric piano in 1975.
The Linux Terminal can be accessed from Applications - System Tools - Terminal. It looks like a small command prompt window. You do not need to login or set up credentials to use it. The other remote-access servers were used so you could use the Linux Terminal. Well, simply put, you connect to our servers here Remote Access. When you remotely access a computer, you are inputting data into a computer other than the one you are physically sitting at. The other computer may be a friend\'s computer five feet away, or it may be an NC State server computer miles away. This video demonstrates how to login to a terminal server with Windows Remote Desktop Client. The Remote Desktop Connection Client is used for logging into a virtual terminal server. Remote Desktop Connection has. Trucker Information (Container Terminal) All container traffic must use the outside (right) lane to enter the South Gate. The gate pass dispenser is located near the access-control badge scanner. Push RED button on gate pass dispenser – this will be your gate pass to proceed into the terminal. Inbound loads must cross scales for weighing. Ncu learner portal. NCUA CUOnline.
Tokai started making classical guitars in 1965. It made its first electric guitar in 1968 with the Humming Bird, a guitar loosely based on the Mosrite Mark I and II. This was followed in 1970 with the Humming Bird Custom acoustic guitar (not to be confused with the Hummingbird guitar model produced by Gibson).
Some Tokai guitars, with models resembling American manufacturers\' guitars: fltr: Goldstand Sound, Talbo, LS-85 Love Rock, Hard Puncher bassFrom 1970 to 1973, Tokai produced the Conn line of acoustic guitars under contract with C.G. Conn[2][3] In 1972, Tokai entered into a joint-venture with C. F. Martin & Company to supply acoustic guitar parts and also to build Martin\'s Sigma electric guitars. Leblanc paris bass clarinet serial numbers. In 1975, it launched its own Cat\'s Eyes line of acoustic guitars, which were replicas of C.F. Martin guitars.
Between 1977 and 1978, Tokai began making various Fender and Gibson replica electric guitars and basses. These models are generically known as \'lawsuit guitars\'. Tokai\'s replica of the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, named the \'Les Paul Reborn\' model, started in 1978. By 1980, the name was changed to \'Reborn Old\' and later to its current name, \'Love Rock\'. The name change was in response to threats from American guitar companies to go to court to protect their copyrights. Tokai also made Fender replicas, the \'Springy Sound\' (ST series, Fender Stratocaster replica) and the \'Breezy Sound\' (TE series, Fender Telecaster replica). Stevie Ray Vaughan played a \'Tokai Springy Sound\' at one time. This guitar was fitted with lipstick pickups and can be seen on the cover of his second studio album Couldn\'t Stand the Weather. By the late 1970s, replicas of Fender guitars, such as the \'.38 Special\' guitar and the \'Hard Puncher\' bass (replica of the Fender Precision Bass), began to be sold in Japan and Europe.[4]
In 1983, Tokai introduced an aluminum-body guitar called the Talbo (Tokai Aluminum Body) which the band Devo played at one time. Tokai has its own instrument making factory and have built guitars for well-known brands under contract (OEM). Tokai and Dyna Gakki produced the Fender Japan solid-body models from 1997 until the end of the Fender Japan joint-venture in 2015.
Characteristics[edit]
The original selling price in Japanese yen is often included in the model number—for example TLS-100 = 100,000 Japanese yen. The higher priced Tokai Gibson replicas have nitrocellulose finishes and long tenon neck joints. Tokai guitars have been made in Japan, Korea and China. Korean production started around the mid-1990s. Tokai guitars made in Korea (MIK) are lower priced guitars, similar to the Korean Epiphone guitars. The MIK (Made in Korea) guitars can be differentiated by the truss rod cover. Japanese guitars have a two-screw truss rod cover whereas the Korean guitars have a three-screw truss rod cover (although some early Korean guitars also have two-screw truss rod covers). The MIK guitars usually have a different Nashville style bridge instead of the usual ABR-1 bridge. Furthermore, MIK Gibson replica guitars usually have a neck made from maple, and the body wood is usually made from either alder, agathis or nato.
Serial numbers[edit]
Tokai uses a seven-digit serial number usually pressed into the back of the headstock for the Gibson model replicas. Love Rocks use the first digit of the serial number for the year, 10XXXXX=1981 and starting in 1989 Love Rocks use the first two digits for the year, 89XXXXX=1989. Reborn models use only the first digit for the year, 800XXXX = 1978.
There is a major exception to this in that some \'Reborn Olds\' (very rare) and \'Love Rock\' models have inked serial numbers on the reverse of the headstock (often referred to as \'Inkies\'). These guitars are, it is generally agreed, from 1980 (00xxxxx and 01xxxxx) and 1981 (11xxxxx) although there are those who would disagree with this.
It also appears that some of the original 1978 \'Les Paul Reborns\' have inkied serial numbers.
Some MIK Love Rock models have no serial number and simply have \'Made In Korea\' inked on the back of the headstock. Sometimes the model number may be located under the bridge pickup. MIK Love Rock models identified in this manner include ALS48 and ALS50Q.
The Tokai Fender replicas have a production number serial number that contains no year information.
References[edit]
- ^ abChromaharp on Tokai Japan, 27 Oct 2019
- ^Conn acoustic guitars unofficial website on The Jet Medic (archived, 13 Jul 2011)
- ^Conn acoustic (steel-string) guitars on The Guitar Medic (archived, 19 Jan 2018)
- ^Q&A\'s with Mr. Shohei Adachi, president of Tokai Gakki on Tokai forum, Oct 30, 2005
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tokai Gakki. Retrieved from \'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tōkai_Gakki&oldid=952409398\'...'>Schecter Guitar Serial Number Decoder(26.03.2020)Most guitar manufacturers put a serial number on each instrument they produce. This number can be used to date a guitar and in some cases tell where it was made. Serial numbers tend to be stamped or written somewhere on the headstock or neck joint of the guitar. On some acoustic guitars, the serial number is on the inside of the sound hole.
Tokai Gakki Company, Ltd. 東海楽器製造株式会社 Romanized nameTōkai Gakki Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha Private Industry Musical instruments Founded 1947; 73 years ago Founder Tadayouki Adachi Headquarters Hamamatsu, Shizuoka,Key peopleShohei Adachi (President) Products Electric and acoustic guitars, basses, autoharps[1] 65 Website tokaijapan.com Tokai Gakki Company, Ltd. (東海楽器製造株式会社, Tōkai Gakki Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha), often referred to as Tokai Guitars, is a Japanesemusical instrument manufacturer situated in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka prefecture. Tokai is one of Japan\'s leading companies in the business. The company was founded in 1947 by Tadayouki Adachi and remains family-owned.
Although Tokai currently focuses on electric and acoustic guitars, basses and autoharps (called \'chromaharp\')[1], the company manufactured other instruments such as melodicas, pianos and guitar amplifiers in the past.
History[edit]
Tokai began in 1947, as a harmonica and piano manufacturer. It developed its first melodica, the Pianica, in 1961. Tokai began making banjos and harpsichords in 1973 and the electric piano in 1975.
The Linux Terminal can be accessed from Applications - System Tools - Terminal. It looks like a small command prompt window. You do not need to login or set up credentials to use it. The other remote-access servers were used so you could use the Linux Terminal. Well, simply put, you connect to our servers here Remote Access. When you remotely access a computer, you are inputting data into a computer other than the one you are physically sitting at. The other computer may be a friend\'s computer five feet away, or it may be an NC State server computer miles away. This video demonstrates how to login to a terminal server with Windows Remote Desktop Client. The Remote Desktop Connection Client is used for logging into a virtual terminal server. Remote Desktop Connection has. Trucker Information (Container Terminal) All container traffic must use the outside (right) lane to enter the South Gate. The gate pass dispenser is located near the access-control badge scanner. Push RED button on gate pass dispenser – this will be your gate pass to proceed into the terminal. Inbound loads must cross scales for weighing. Ncu learner portal. NCUA CUOnline.
Tokai started making classical guitars in 1965. It made its first electric guitar in 1968 with the Humming Bird, a guitar loosely based on the Mosrite Mark I and II. This was followed in 1970 with the Humming Bird Custom acoustic guitar (not to be confused with the Hummingbird guitar model produced by Gibson).
Some Tokai guitars, with models resembling American manufacturers\' guitars: fltr: Goldstand Sound, Talbo, LS-85 Love Rock, Hard Puncher bassFrom 1970 to 1973, Tokai produced the Conn line of acoustic guitars under contract with C.G. Conn[2][3] In 1972, Tokai entered into a joint-venture with C. F. Martin & Company to supply acoustic guitar parts and also to build Martin\'s Sigma electric guitars. Leblanc paris bass clarinet serial numbers. In 1975, it launched its own Cat\'s Eyes line of acoustic guitars, which were replicas of C.F. Martin guitars.
Between 1977 and 1978, Tokai began making various Fender and Gibson replica electric guitars and basses. These models are generically known as \'lawsuit guitars\'. Tokai\'s replica of the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, named the \'Les Paul Reborn\' model, started in 1978. By 1980, the name was changed to \'Reborn Old\' and later to its current name, \'Love Rock\'. The name change was in response to threats from American guitar companies to go to court to protect their copyrights. Tokai also made Fender replicas, the \'Springy Sound\' (ST series, Fender Stratocaster replica) and the \'Breezy Sound\' (TE series, Fender Telecaster replica). Stevie Ray Vaughan played a \'Tokai Springy Sound\' at one time. This guitar was fitted with lipstick pickups and can be seen on the cover of his second studio album Couldn\'t Stand the Weather. By the late 1970s, replicas of Fender guitars, such as the \'.38 Special\' guitar and the \'Hard Puncher\' bass (replica of the Fender Precision Bass), began to be sold in Japan and Europe.[4]
In 1983, Tokai introduced an aluminum-body guitar called the Talbo (Tokai Aluminum Body) which the band Devo played at one time. Tokai has its own instrument making factory and have built guitars for well-known brands under contract (OEM). Tokai and Dyna Gakki produced the Fender Japan solid-body models from 1997 until the end of the Fender Japan joint-venture in 2015.
Characteristics[edit]
The original selling price in Japanese yen is often included in the model number—for example TLS-100 = 100,000 Japanese yen. The higher priced Tokai Gibson replicas have nitrocellulose finishes and long tenon neck joints. Tokai guitars have been made in Japan, Korea and China. Korean production started around the mid-1990s. Tokai guitars made in Korea (MIK) are lower priced guitars, similar to the Korean Epiphone guitars. The MIK (Made in Korea) guitars can be differentiated by the truss rod cover. Japanese guitars have a two-screw truss rod cover whereas the Korean guitars have a three-screw truss rod cover (although some early Korean guitars also have two-screw truss rod covers). The MIK guitars usually have a different Nashville style bridge instead of the usual ABR-1 bridge. Furthermore, MIK Gibson replica guitars usually have a neck made from maple, and the body wood is usually made from either alder, agathis or nato.
Serial numbers[edit]
Tokai uses a seven-digit serial number usually pressed into the back of the headstock for the Gibson model replicas. Love Rocks use the first digit of the serial number for the year, 10XXXXX=1981 and starting in 1989 Love Rocks use the first two digits for the year, 89XXXXX=1989. Reborn models use only the first digit for the year, 800XXXX = 1978.
There is a major exception to this in that some \'Reborn Olds\' (very rare) and \'Love Rock\' models have inked serial numbers on the reverse of the headstock (often referred to as \'Inkies\'). These guitars are, it is generally agreed, from 1980 (00xxxxx and 01xxxxx) and 1981 (11xxxxx) although there are those who would disagree with this.
It also appears that some of the original 1978 \'Les Paul Reborns\' have inkied serial numbers.
Some MIK Love Rock models have no serial number and simply have \'Made In Korea\' inked on the back of the headstock. Sometimes the model number may be located under the bridge pickup. MIK Love Rock models identified in this manner include ALS48 and ALS50Q.
The Tokai Fender replicas have a production number serial number that contains no year information.
References[edit]
- ^ abChromaharp on Tokai Japan, 27 Oct 2019
- ^Conn acoustic guitars unofficial website on The Jet Medic (archived, 13 Jul 2011)
- ^Conn acoustic (steel-string) guitars on The Guitar Medic (archived, 19 Jan 2018)
- ^Q&A\'s with Mr. Shohei Adachi, president of Tokai Gakki on Tokai forum, Oct 30, 2005
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tokai Gakki. Retrieved from \'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tōkai_Gakki&oldid=952409398\'...'>Schecter Guitar Serial Number Decoder(26.03.2020)