ebenezer Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 hi folks, have just got a tokai jazz sound bass and wondering about its vintage....the serial number is L 09177 ...it has normal fender shaped headstock....three piece body....thin laminate rosewood finger board....vintage style bridge with knurled saddles would appreciate any info........cheers me dears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Can you post a pic of the headstock/logo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenezer Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 sorry cant at the moment,but it is the later logo where the T in tokai does not look like an F (haha)....paid £250 squid...was I ripped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 nah that's not a bad price, hows it play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenezer Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 needs a bit of tweeking.....maybe better pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Le Cragg Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I used to have a Tokai Breezy Sound, It was equal to (if not better than) a Fender of the same vintage. I think it was late seventies. I know that some peeps rate them VERY highly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el borracho Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Probably made about 1984. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qlank Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I had one with the blocky logo on the headstock. '84 sounds right. Candy Apple Red, put a chrome scratchplate on it. Would buy one again for sure. If yours plays like mine did you have a fine bass at a good price I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 How many screws hold the machine heads on, 3 or 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) Tokai added an 'L' to the start of serial numbers in 1981. You may be able to glean some more information from the Tokai forum: [url="http://www.tokaiforum.com/"]http://www.tokaiforum.com/[/url] Or possibly the Tokai Registry: [url="http://www.tokairegistry.com/index.html"]http://www.tokairegistry.com/index.html[/url] Edited September 3, 2013 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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