my beloved '82 tokai. Fkin awesome sound, great natural sustain & holds it's tuning for YEARS!! (honestly!) regardless of bending, trem abuse etc!
I've played since 13 & i'm old now
It's still got old spliff butts from the 90's holding the pickups low - original paf's btw, floyd rose 2, schaller heads, rosewood pickplate.
Originally it had 3 pafs but i found the output uncontrollable so i removed the middle 1 & rewired it with an active (self charging) tone circuit - used to melt boss fx pedals!
I don't bother with amps now but use gfx.03 via my pc - lovely free fx software
(google)
Just plug in ur mic socket & ur off
Still jam with a few old m8s via ventrilo - try it
*a m8 is a collector & i've put this up against gibbos, fenders, ricks, bc rich , ibanez & others & trust - there is no comparison in tone quality & sustain
Swapped a '70 les paul deluxe for this - once i played it I had to have it!
Used to use an orange top with 2x marshall 4x12, watkins valve combo, had a few peavey bandits too - gr8 amps
Fave kit was an old watkins copycat tape echo (remember them?) - i wired the sustain pot to a footswitch & used to get a fkin cool dub echo repeat / sample sound by stamping on it
