Tokai LS50 or 60?

[jeggz]

Got this a short while ago, and finally got around to setting her up good.

Plays great, sounds great.
Tuners can be improved, but that’s about it.

Every 1985 LS50 I see has open coils, this has covers.
So is it a 60?

 

[jimmyjames]

C'mon Tokguys, it's Johnny Eggz. He was a great help with a DSL15 mod, help 'im out please

 

[Puck Luck]

That looks like an alder back on that guitar. I'm no tokai expert but that looks like a 1995 korean als42gt to me. The abr bridge posts throws me off though.

 

[brokentoeswalker]

Got any pup cavity shots ??

Pups are correct for its serial number of '85 but it's certainly a weird one.

 

[jeggz]

Has a 17degree peghead.
Steel studs.
Gibson style truss rod nut.
And the circuit board electronics.

 

[jeggz]

Got any pup cavity shots ??

Pups are correct for its serial number of '85 but it's certainly a weird one.

No cavity shots.

What ya thinks weird about it?

 

[brokentoeswalker]

'85 I believe was the year Tokai almost went bankrupt so a lot of weird things were going on. Mish mash guitars. Guitars that didn't match the model number stickers etc.

I dont have any export headstock tokais so I'm unsure where yours was destined to go to and they did often have different specs.

I would also say I've never seen the back grain of a tokai look like that.

 

[Puck Luck]

Yeah this thing is a misfit. I’m surprised I didn’t buy it. Lol

 

[jeggz]

Update:
I actually stumbled on the exact guitars for sale thread from 2017.

Here.

It’s a 1985 ALS 50 Made in Japan for export to America.