This week we take a close up look & listen to our gorgeous highly rated Japanese made Tokai Love Rock. We then take it apart to measure everything before 'fact checking' our contentious thumbnail claim... it's a post truth clickbait world baby so we're probably fine! 😁✌️

Tokai Goldtop Upgrade Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9r-PNv7ZdrXqqaUShSEEsc0QFfhd7llU

Link to Faber tailpiece & bridge:

TP-59 Vintage Aluminium Tailpiece
https://www.gluedtomusic.com/products/414/faber-tp-59-vintage-aluminium-tailpiece-nickel/

ABRM-59 Vintage ABR-1 Tune-o-matic Bridge
https://www.gluedtomusic.com/products/1596/faber-abrm-59-vintage-abr-1-tune-o-matic-bridge-nickel-plain-brass-saddles/

Time stamps:

00:00 coming up this week
01:13 it's bloody gorgeous
03:43 brief history of Tokai
06:00 model range and prices
07:35 comparison to a Gibson
08:50 body & neck materials
09:51 neck profile & measurements
10:40 board, nut, tuners, etc
11:53 what does it weigh?
12:46 searching for a lighter Gibson
14:58 fingerboard, frets, fit & finish
18:30 another Les Paul rabbit hole
19:24 bridge & tailpiece
22:40 pickup readings
24:05 pickguard on or off?
25:44 under the hood
27:43 what it sounds like unplugged
28:15 what it sounds like plugged in
35:22 let's play something
37:26 the guitar deserves better
43:06 let's talk about the clickbait title
45:14 let's fact check the thumbnail
46:55 what don't like about it?
47:59 checking the pot shaft size
50:47 I found a fault!
53:20 tell you what i'm thinking
55:59 sign up to the TV channel
57:02 play out jam

Signal Chain Info:
TC Polytune
Boss CS3 / TC Spark / RAT
Boss DD3 / Boss RC5 Looper
Amps: Fender Princeton 65 Tweed 1 x 12
Mics AKG C414 & SM57
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 into Protools

I AM NOT AN EXPERT. Some things I do know and some things I don't know but think I know and sometimes I say things that are not entirely correct. Once I have said things it's too late to correct them so please check any 'so called facts' with an adult, google, wikipedia, or someone else that knows.

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