Is that Cobourg Ontario? That's my hometown!!!CocoTone said:Well, Guitarworld in Cobourg has a Tokai 335, new Japanese built, and it blows away two other new Gibson 335`s for sale locally.
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The Tokai ES-120, which it sounds like is what your speaking of is very comparable if not better than a Gibby that costs twice as much. The ES-120 is hand made in Japan and is top notch all the way. The Japanese builders are very meticulas with details. He must have old stock as that model like all Japanese made Tokais are not available here anymore, you can only get one by ordering from overseas. Dealer cost was very expensive on that model.CocoTone said:Well, Guitarworld in Cobourg has a Tokai 335, new Japanese built, and it blows away two other new Gibson 335`s for sale locally. Fell, fit, finish, and TONE. I`ve gone back and played this guitar at least 5 times, and can`t get over it. They want too much for it in my opinion, $(1895:confused-smiley-010 )but it is a better guitar than the new Gibsons that I`ve played. I have not played the Heritage , or custom shop Gibson`s tho.
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So the price they're asking is not out of line then?? I gotta tell you, I'm hot for that guitar.JSD's Guitar Shack said:The Tokai ES-120, which it sounds like is what your speaking of is very comparable if not better than a Gibby that costs twice as much. The ES-120 is hand made in Japan and is top notch all the way. The Japanese builders are very meticulas with details. He must have old stock as that model like all Japanese made Tokais are not available here anymore, you can only get one by ordering from overseas. Dealer cost was very expensive on that model.
Korean quality is very good but there is good and bad depending on where the product is made and how honest the distributor/importer and factory are. If the guitar is priced too low and the specs sound too good to be true then someones not telling the truth. You simply can not make a guitar from quality woods and sell it for peanuts.
Chinese made guitars may "look" nice but most still lack in overall quality. They simply are not made to last. Most Chinese made guitars are mis-represented spec wise, they are very sneeky in their buliding practices and use a lot of woods that are questionalble, not to mention they don't properly dry their woods before construction.
Also not all Grover tuners are created the same. The ones found of low priced guitars are usually knock-offs made under licence or illegally somewhere in Korea or China and are usually not the same quality as the Grover tuners you buy in stores but they look the part.