New Arrival

[schoey1]

Hi everyone
Thought you might like to see some photos of my new LS95F Matte. Still to check the neck pup cavity to confirm the model. Any of youi excperts out there have any comments feel free to pass them over

[muzzer]

Hi Schoey welcome to JA, although I know you have been around for a few weeks now
She is a real lookerI hpe she plays as well as she looks and you are enjoying being a new member of the MIJ club
Hopefully some of the Tokai Experts will come by and let you know a little about her

[schoey1]

Cheers Muzzer
I am glad you like it. One thing I would like to know would be is the finish poly or nitro ???

[golfredo]

Poly

[muzzer]

There you go Iain the tokai master has spoken

[schoey1]

Thank you Gentlemen for your kind responces.
I am sure that I will be back with some more stupid questiones as my knowledcwe increases...

[schoey1]

as my ability to type correctly decreases !!!!!!

[aussienick]

Now, this may be a stupid question, but here goes....

I've never seen a gibson stop tail strung over the top in this manner. Is there any reason for stringing like this? More sustain? Stays in tune better? ? ? ?

Nice guitar. I don't have any Tokai's, but I keep an eye out for them when trolling the markets, as they look to be well made.....

Cheers,
Nick

[ingve]

Stringing this way used to be a lot more common than it is now. The original "stop" tailpiece was designed to be a guitar bridge (before the invention of the TOM bridge), and was always strung this way. Check out any pics of vintage Standards, Juniors, or even Jeff Beck's famous Oxblood Les Paul. Even the Gibson Custom Shop re-issue costing a small fortune sports the simple stop tailpiece/bridge.

After the introduction of the TOM bridge, many guitarists still wrapped their strings over the tailpiece. For example, Billy Gibbons, Ace Frehley and Zakk Wylde have all at one time or another done this "wraparound" method of stringing their Les Pauls (I think that Billy Gibbons still favours this method). Some players hold to the opinion taht they have less string breakage at the saddles when using this method.

On some guitars it can be useful if the TOM is a little high, it saves you from having to also raise the tailpiece too high to get the correct break-over angle on the saddles without also hitting the rear edge of the TOM.

[schoey1]

Hi Guys
I have finally managed to have a look inside the neck pickup cavity on this guitar and what I found has left me a wee bit confused.
Everything looks OK to me exccept the lack of model number ?? Anybody recognise whats in its place and its relevance . If so I am eager to
know what it stands for good or bad

[schoey1]

I have also checked the bridge pocket and still NO model number ?? There are some markings though namely MVF (which I take to mean Matte Violin Finish) and a number code 4-25. I am now begining to wonder about this guitar is it a fake ? or may it be a special run of 22 ??