jeff123
Rookie Solder Flinger
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Post by jeff123 on Mar 10, 2006 9:12:51 GMT -5
Snatched a Oscar Schmidt Delta King off of eBay for a few bucks,The guitar's Washburn pups came in a bag so I'm thinking mystery pups installed in the guitar,Lifting one out both neck and bridge are Tokai. Anyone have a line on these?
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blackout
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Post by blackout on Mar 13, 2006 0:45:21 GMT -5
"ou have heard stories about Gibson and Fender quality declining over the years. News have been going around that Japanese copies of Gibson and Fender are excellent in quality and has surpass the originals. These Japanese copies we are referring to are brands like Burny, Orville by Gibson, Greco and Tokai. They are so good that Gibson and Fender were threatened and hence lawsuits soon follow. Find out more" note a familer name in that quote ..... from www.orangeguitar.com/
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Post by mlrpa on Mar 13, 2006 1:18:56 GMT -5
Jeff123, Tokai used to put out a half decent Paul and 335 copy, but I really never messed with the pickups. Want great, inexspensive pickups for that guitar? (Which I think is one of the best guitars for the money out there!!!) Get the EMG Selects. Passive, about $21.00 each thru www.stew-mac.com. you can't go wrong. Uh Blackout? The lawsuit period was way back in the early 70's, problably long before your birth. The reason was that some companies, most notably Matsumoku (Aria, Electra, Westone, ad nausum) and Ibanez (Greco and Penco) were building copies equal to, and in some cases better than, the american guitars they were copying. Gibson won the suit in princible due to the "open book" headstock design that they had. The body shapes and the like were never copy written. Another reason for the lawsuit was that some companies, most notibly Tokai with it's "Gabon" line, had copied the logo, so that at first, and even second glance, it looked like Gibson. The Gabons were sheer trash, and Gibson was concerned that people would think that they were actually Gibsons. Orville's were authorized by Gibson, made by Matsumoku at first until the fire in 87, then went to Ibanez Japan factory Fuji Gen Gakki, or something like that, and sold as a cheaper version of the Epiphone line. At least here in the states, I remember seeing an Epiphone Paul for about $250 at the stores, and an Orville for 150 through the Sears catalog. There was a recent attempt by Fender to sue companies over the Strat body Design. that was laughed out of court with the reason being akin to "After 50 or so years, NOW you want a copywrite?" The Orange guitars site is off by about ten years. The Lawsuit period was in the mid 70's. Check eBay, and any Jap copy from the early 70's is called Lawsuit or Pre- Lawsuit. Especially the Greco's and Aria's.
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blackout
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Post by blackout on Mar 13, 2006 1:51:27 GMT -5
ya I just found that when I was looking at a random web page, I said to my self HUH thats the brand that guy was asking about on GuitarNuts. thats all I didnt mean to inply that he had some super nice gibson rip off pickups. sorry if it seemed that way. on a funny side note I had a westone. its was a great gutair till the floyd rose snaped (not the bar but the bridge itself).
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Post by silverring233 on Mar 17, 2006 20:33:27 GMT -5
Jeff what are you needing to know? I put a Tokai humbucker in my Squier strat, and have been very pleased with it. The pickup came out of a Tokai explorer.
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