Help ID'ing a rather odd Tokai Tele

Strangefan

Didn't tokai have square cutouts for the humbucker legs in the HB routes I remember that was a sure fire way to spot a tokai  made  greco branded lp

ICBM

WezV said:

I think someone planed 1/4" off the top and added a maple top. ... That bit is definitely too rough for the factory

So do I. The join between the top and the body, the rounding of the edges, the poor fit of the centre seam in the top, and the quality of the finish on it, don't look factory-done at all.

As such I would value it no higher than the neck (1/3 of a complete original guitar of the same model) plus the total of the other hardware. The body is basically worthless.

imalrightjack

Thanks, all.  End of that one!

Stuckfast

I think it's quite cute, what sort of trade value were they expecting for it?

imalrightjack

Stuckfast said:

I think it's quite cute, what sort of trade value were they expecting for it?

£500. 

Stuckfast

Hmmm, that does seem optimistic.