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1981 Tokai Love Rock LS-200 Flame Top Burst Vintage Guitar Trans Amber w/ Zebra Goto Humbuckers, Lifton-Style Case
1981 Tokai Love Rock LS-200 Flame Top Burst Vintage Guitar Trans Amber w/ Zebra Goto Humbuckers, Lifton-Style Case
Up for sale, a 1981 Tokai Love Rock LS-200 in near-mint condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case. The Love Rock is Tokai’s enduringly popular take on the LP platform, and this instrument is one of the most coveted, exceedingly rare and faithful iterations of a late 50's Burst ever made. A 1958 Les Paul Standard was acquired by Tokai in the '70s and surgically reproduced to create this model, which is prized well beyond Tokai circles, with many a Gibson purist seeking out the LS-200.
Tokai's LS-200 “Pro Model” was the highest tier model at the time of production, available only via custom order, featuring hand-picked tonewoods and premium components, including a cashew lacquer finish, “Goto” humbuckers, and a two-piece carved flame maple top.
Lightweight at 8lbs 12oz with no weight relief, tonewoods include a one-piece mahogany body, two-piece carved curly flame maple top, one-piece mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fingerboard. The Goto “Patent Applied For” humbuckers are wound in the vein of Gibson’s golden age PAF, delivering the tailored midrange clarity and sweet warmth of that iconic design with a hair more power and presence: the bridge has a touch of heat, with a snarling, focused aggression, while the neck pickup offers a broad airy quality balanced by smooth treble punch. This LS-200 has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Mahogany, one-piece
-Shape: Round ‘50s-style C (medium depth), measuring .855” 1st fret, .980” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood, pearloid flared trapezoid inlay
-Frets: Medium jumbo, leveled/crowned, no wear
-Scale Length: 24 3/4”
-Nut: 1 11/16”, bone
-Tuners: Tokai Deluxe single line, Kluson-style
-Serialization: 1-prefix (1981)
-Factory Markings: “200” sticker on peghead denotes model tier and original price (¥200,000)
Body Specs:
-Wood: Flame maple, mahogany
-Pickups: Goto “Patent Applied For” humbucker x2, (Neck: 7.9k ohms, Bridge: 8.25k)
-Harness: Modern CTS 500k pots (replacement)
-Hardware: No-wire ABR-1-style bridge with brass saddles, stopbar (nickel-plated)
-Plastics: Gold bonnet knobs, cream pickguard and pickup surrounds, zebra pickup bobbins
The gloss Trans Amber cashew lacquer finish highlights the dimensional figuring in the curly flame maple top, particularly dynamic at the bass-side lower bout, and cosmetic wear is limited to some minor dings and finish scratches on the back and a few small chips at the lower bout perimeter. The gloss lacquer finish on the neck profile is smooth and clean.
The original Lifton-style hardshell case is included.
Tokai's LS-200 “Pro Model” was the highest tier model at the time of production, available only via custom order, featuring hand-picked tonewoods and premium components, including a cashew lacquer finish, “Goto” humbuckers, and a two-piece carved flame maple top.
Lightweight at 8lbs 12oz with no weight relief, tonewoods include a one-piece mahogany body, two-piece carved curly flame maple top, one-piece mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fingerboard. The Goto “Patent Applied For” humbuckers are wound in the vein of Gibson’s golden age PAF, delivering the tailored midrange clarity and sweet warmth of that iconic design with a hair more power and presence: the bridge has a touch of heat, with a snarling, focused aggression, while the neck pickup offers a broad airy quality balanced by smooth treble punch. This LS-200 has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Mahogany, one-piece
-Shape: Round ‘50s-style C (medium depth), measuring .855” 1st fret, .980” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood, pearloid flared trapezoid inlay
-Frets: Medium jumbo, leveled/crowned, no wear
-Scale Length: 24 3/4”
-Nut: 1 11/16”, bone
-Tuners: Tokai Deluxe single line, Kluson-style
-Serialization: 1-prefix (1981)
-Factory Markings: “200” sticker on peghead denotes model tier and original price (¥200,000)
Body Specs:
-Wood: Flame maple, mahogany
-Pickups: Goto “Patent Applied For” humbucker x2, (Neck: 7.9k ohms, Bridge: 8.25k)
-Harness: Modern CTS 500k pots (replacement)
-Hardware: No-wire ABR-1-style bridge with brass saddles, stopbar (nickel-plated)
-Plastics: Gold bonnet knobs, cream pickguard and pickup surrounds, zebra pickup bobbins
The gloss Trans Amber cashew lacquer finish highlights the dimensional figuring in the curly flame maple top, particularly dynamic at the bass-side lower bout, and cosmetic wear is limited to some minor dings and finish scratches on the back and a few small chips at the lower bout perimeter. The gloss lacquer finish on the neck profile is smooth and clean.
The original Lifton-style hardshell case is included.
$7,299.99
1981 Tokai Love Rock LS-200 Flame Top Burst Vintage Guitar Trans Amber w/ Zebra Goto Humbuckers, Lifton-Style Case—
$7,299.99
Description
Up for sale, a 1981 Tokai Love Rock LS-200 in near-mint condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case. The Love Rock is Tokai’s enduringly popular take on the LP platform, and this instrument is one of the most coveted, exceedingly rare and faithful iterations of a late 50's Burst ever made. A 1958 Les Paul Standard was acquired by Tokai in the '70s and surgically reproduced to create this model, which is prized well beyond Tokai circles, with many a Gibson purist seeking out the LS-200.
Tokai's LS-200 “Pro Model” was the highest tier model at the time of production, available only via custom order, featuring hand-picked tonewoods and premium components, including a cashew lacquer finish, “Goto” humbuckers, and a two-piece carved flame maple top.
Lightweight at 8lbs 12oz with no weight relief, tonewoods include a one-piece mahogany body, two-piece carved curly flame maple top, one-piece mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fingerboard. The Goto “Patent Applied For” humbuckers are wound in the vein of Gibson’s golden age PAF, delivering the tailored midrange clarity and sweet warmth of that iconic design with a hair more power and presence: the bridge has a touch of heat, with a snarling, focused aggression, while the neck pickup offers a broad airy quality balanced by smooth treble punch. This LS-200 has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Mahogany, one-piece
-Shape: Round ‘50s-style C (medium depth), measuring .855” 1st fret, .980” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood, pearloid flared trapezoid inlay
-Frets: Medium jumbo, leveled/crowned, no wear
-Scale Length: 24 3/4”
-Nut: 1 11/16”, bone
-Tuners: Tokai Deluxe single line, Kluson-style
-Serialization: 1-prefix (1981)
-Factory Markings: “200” sticker on peghead denotes model tier and original price (¥200,000)
Body Specs:
-Wood: Flame maple, mahogany
-Pickups: Goto “Patent Applied For” humbucker x2, (Neck: 7.9k ohms, Bridge: 8.25k)
-Harness: Modern CTS 500k pots (replacement)
-Hardware: No-wire ABR-1-style bridge with brass saddles, stopbar (nickel-plated)
-Plastics: Gold bonnet knobs, cream pickguard and pickup surrounds, zebra pickup bobbins
The gloss Trans Amber cashew lacquer finish highlights the dimensional figuring in the curly flame maple top, particularly dynamic at the bass-side lower bout, and cosmetic wear is limited to some minor dings and finish scratches on the back and a few small chips at the lower bout perimeter. The gloss lacquer finish on the neck profile is smooth and clean.
The original Lifton-style hardshell case is included.
Tokai's LS-200 “Pro Model” was the highest tier model at the time of production, available only via custom order, featuring hand-picked tonewoods and premium components, including a cashew lacquer finish, “Goto” humbuckers, and a two-piece carved flame maple top.
Lightweight at 8lbs 12oz with no weight relief, tonewoods include a one-piece mahogany body, two-piece carved curly flame maple top, one-piece mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fingerboard. The Goto “Patent Applied For” humbuckers are wound in the vein of Gibson’s golden age PAF, delivering the tailored midrange clarity and sweet warmth of that iconic design with a hair more power and presence: the bridge has a touch of heat, with a snarling, focused aggression, while the neck pickup offers a broad airy quality balanced by smooth treble punch. This LS-200 has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Mahogany, one-piece
-Shape: Round ‘50s-style C (medium depth), measuring .855” 1st fret, .980” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood, pearloid flared trapezoid inlay
-Frets: Medium jumbo, leveled/crowned, no wear
-Scale Length: 24 3/4”
-Nut: 1 11/16”, bone
-Tuners: Tokai Deluxe single line, Kluson-style
-Serialization: 1-prefix (1981)
-Factory Markings: “200” sticker on peghead denotes model tier and original price (¥200,000)
Body Specs:
-Wood: Flame maple, mahogany
-Pickups: Goto “Patent Applied For” humbucker x2, (Neck: 7.9k ohms, Bridge: 8.25k)
-Harness: Modern CTS 500k pots (replacement)
-Hardware: No-wire ABR-1-style bridge with brass saddles, stopbar (nickel-plated)
-Plastics: Gold bonnet knobs, cream pickguard and pickup surrounds, zebra pickup bobbins
The gloss Trans Amber cashew lacquer finish highlights the dimensional figuring in the curly flame maple top, particularly dynamic at the bass-side lower bout, and cosmetic wear is limited to some minor dings and finish scratches on the back and a few small chips at the lower bout perimeter. The gloss lacquer finish on the neck profile is smooth and clean.
The original Lifton-style hardshell case is included.
