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Recent Tokai? No comment. Not tried one. Not felt any urge to try one either.
Try as many LP’s as you can to get a feel for the variations and quality and then look out for a bargain - there are some bargain used LP’s out there.
The 90's ones I played are nice but not Gibson nice imo, YMMV and all that. Not sure if your budget stretches to this Stork, but a great LP for a good price:
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/128730/fs-multiple-guitars/p1
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
egf 1000 had dimarzio if i remember rightly as i had one years ago, i bought that over a gibson
if you can find a lighter weight mint collection absolutely worth the money, I've still got an 89 mint collection 59 1000d, the d is for Seymour Duncan alnico 2 pros which i had rewound by shed pickups
(formerly customkits)
Greco EGF850 and up, or a 1979-82 Tokai LS80 are generally excellent, but there re a few duffers around too, earlier Greco's are VERY hit and miss, the later 'mint collection' Greco's are good too, but there are quite a range from cheap to expensive, and the more expensive ones are better
Burnys too, some great ones, but a lot of average ones too
Orville by Gibson are great guitars as well
I would nearly always choose a high end Japanese copy over a modern Gibson standard.
The new high end Tokai are great guitars too, but resale value isn't great, you would lose more then an equivalent Gibson
I had a look at a few Greco's online and they may fit the bill too.
For the sake of discussion, lets say £850-1000.
However...
I've had 2 Tokais, 1 went in a deal but shouldn't have and the other is still with me as one of my 2 main guitars. Pickups did get changed but it is the best vibe Les Paul I've ever played. I'd recommend a Tokai every time
Other than being very heavy, there was nothing really memorable about it. A used LP Tradional at similar money strikes me as a far better buy - and something you wouldn’t lose money on if you decided to move it on.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
One thing in their favour is that there are closer steps moneywise between the models whereas with Gibson the difference between models can be quite an uplift.
It's worth going s/h with Tokai because someone else has taken the hit!
I prefer Bacchus' pickups to those of Tokai, but it's easier to find a Tokai 'Burst than it is a Bacchus and you should save £400 on a Gibson
Don't forget the Yamaha SG1000 and Boromedic's kindly mentioned my Seventy Seven, if you prefer something closer to 8lbs
Good hunting!
Ive also had older Tokais. Orville and Edwards models. Some were great some were very average so if you get a chance to try before you buy then definitely consider them. I picked up a late 80s Orville Custom with DiMarzios for about £750 that was really good.
They normally have new plus used Tokai"s.
They also have a used 1980 MIJ Yamaha Studio Lord in stock at the moment for £495
I have never played one but Yamaha are normally very good quality instruments for the money.
No idea what the pick ups sound like but at the price it wouldn"t be a problem to swap them if needed ?
Plus these new Tokai"s for £1,195