Hi
I had a very lengthy and great chat with Ash
@TheGuitarWeasel yesterday about a p90 that I would like him to build for me that will instantly turn me into a (slightly) taller version of Steve Marriott (aint that right, Ash?....). However,Ash got me thinking about Firebirds after talking about Winter's blue one. Anyway, years ago, when I had more cash..., I bought a 63 fbird 3 and whilst it was great, I sold it (d'oh) but I'd really like to get a single pickup bird, paint it a daft colour and fit one of Ash's winterizer's in it.
Ash mentioned that he had tried a Tokai bird and rated it as a good budget option.
I see a white fbird 1 on gumtree (anyone here?) but before looking at it, I just wondered if any of the good folks here had ever had or tried a Tokai bird and what they thought of it?
Many thanks
cheers
WIll
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I had a MIC Tokai one, it was OK but not brilliant. A Korean one might be better. I see that one is asking 375, I'd struggle to pay more than 250 for a Tokai myself really, an MIC Mk1 on ebay finished the other day, looks like no bids at £285.
Is the JB Epi out of range? Couple of hundred more but has the through neck. I paid £660 for a s/h Gibson and my last cost £749 new last year. Mentioning cos similar price bracket for them.
and it took months to shift
cheers
WIll
http://c8.alamy.com/comp/BF89BM/can-of-golden-syrup-on-white-BF89BM.jpg
The best Tokai guitars were the Japanese ones.
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b625/stimpsonslostson/Mobile Uploads/Screenshot_20170514-185721_zpsnu4gb8ae.png
US guy making great versions of a guitar that for legal reasons isnt a firebird, but ahem...looks a bit like one.....
here's one: