Joe, the only thing that i can say about the quality of Tokio, is that this line of bass was directly contender of the Sadowsky Nyc, the Metro is also an high quality bass, but Mr.Sadowsky tell to the japanese workshop to "reduce" the quality, for an obviously interest.
The reasoning is:Why i should buy a bass that cost about 35% more of a bass that give the same quality at a lower price???
However, i sold the bass at 1100 euro only until tuesday, after i raise the price to 1250 euro, so hurry