The original selling price in Japanese yen is often included in the model number-for example TLS-100 = 100,000 Japanese yen. Tokai and Dyna Gakki produced the Fender Japan solid-body models from 1997 until the end of the Fender Japan joint-venture in 2015. Tokai has its own instrument making factory and have built guitars for well-known brands under contract (OEM). In 1983, Tokai introduced an aluminum-body guitar called the Talbo (Tokai Aluminum Body) which the band Devo played at one time. 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. This guitar was fitted with lipstick pickups and can be seen on the cover of his second studio album Couldn't Stand the Weather. Stevie Ray Vaughan played a 'Tokai Springy Sound' at one time. Tokai also made Fender replicas, the “Springy Sound” (ST series, Fender Stratocaster replica) and the “Breezy Sound” (TE series, Fender Telecaster replica). The name change was in response to threats from American guitar companies to go to court to protect their copyrights. By 1980, the name was changed to 'Reborn Old' and later to its current name, 'Love Rock'. Tokai's replica of the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, named the 'Les Paul Reborn' model, started in 1978. These models are generically known as 'lawsuit guitars'. Martin guitars.īetween 19, Tokai began making various Fender and Gibson replica electric guitars and basses. In 1975, it launched its own Cat's Eyes line of acoustic guitars, which were replicas of C.F. Martin & Company to supply acoustic guitar parts and also to build Martin's Sigma electric guitars. In 1972, Tokai entered into a joint-venture with C. Conn (History of Conn Guitars and Conn Acoustic Guitars). This was followed in 1970 with the Humming Bird Custom acoustic guitar (not to be confused with the Hummingbird guitar model produced by Gibson).įrom 1970 to 1973, Tokai produced the Conn line of acoustic guitars under contract with C.G. It made its first electric guitar in 1968 with the Humming Bird, a guitar loosely based on the Mosrite Mark I and II. Tokai started making classical guitars in 1965. Tokai began making banjos and harpsichords in 1973 and the electric piano in 1975. It developed its first melodica, the Pianica, in 1961. Tokai began in 1947, as a harmonica and piano manufacturer. Tokai was founded in 1947 by Tadayouki Adachi and remains family-owned. Tokai is one of Japan’s leading makers of acoustic guitars, electric guitars, electric basses, autoharps, melodicas and guitar amplifiers. ( 東海楽器製造株式会社 Tōkai Gakki Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha), often referred to as Tokai Guitars, is a Japanese guitar manufacturer situated in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka prefecture.
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