I made a quick video of my new Tokai SG. Really digging having some PAF style humbuckers, even if it is slightly neck heavy.
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:30 am
by gusman2x
Sweet. Is that one of the MIC ones?
I played one the other week. Sounded and felt good, but would have liked a slightly more rounded fretboard.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:41 am
by Freethenoise
gusman2x wrote:Sweet. Is that one of the MIC ones?
I played one the other week. Sounded and felt good, but would have liked a slightly more rounded fretboard.
Yeah, one of the newer ones.
I really dig it. The fact that it's neck heavy kind of bugs me, but I've got a Bigsby B5 and a vibromate on the way to sort that out.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:13 am
by dezb1
Nice! You'll need to do another video when you get the B5 on it.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:35 pm
by damienblair17
Sounds great man! Both the guitar and your playing. Congrats!
Quality control is good on these? I've been thinking about an LP Jr. from Tokai.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:25 pm
by Freethenoise
damienblair17 wrote:Sounds great man! Both the guitar and your playing. Congrats!
Quality control is good on these? I've been thinking about an LP Jr. from Tokai.
Quality control seem pretty tight, everything feels solid after I changed out the .09 or whatever gauge strings it came with. I haven't had loads of experience with a bunch of these (my other Tokai is a Japanese one from the 90s) but I'd say they're a fair shout.
Thanks for the kind words!
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 10:12 pm
by gusman2x
Pretty much wish i'd picked up the one i played in london a couple of weeks ago.
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 7:53 am
by Fran
The stock pups sound quite good.
DO AN IOMMI!
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:21 am
by Freethenoise
Fran wrote:The stock pups sound quite good.
DO AN IOMMI!
I promised myself I wouldn't do an Iommi or AC/DC on camera with this guitar.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:17 am
by paul_
There really was this thing where I first got a red SG again where I was like "IOMMI ME" and then, Marshall humming in front of me, picking hand poised in the air, I was like "nah" and maybe did Sweet Leaf unplugged on a Tele later a few nights later while watching TV. I just wanted there to be one guitar in the arsenal where I wasn't getting all pagan with it.
I may have taken it in the shitter and made kissy faces at the mirror while playing it though. I'm self-conscious, not dead.
