polara Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) After I returned the Guild Bluesbird with the funky neck, I kept one eye open for another humbucker-y kind of guitar, in a “well, don’t need one but..” way. This came up on Craigslist and I replied… apparently right before a flurry of other replies. A 2011 Tokai Love Rock LS98F (F for flame top) with three tiny nicks on one edge and otherwise immaculate. At a (cough) very nice price. Made in Japan. Top is veneer over solid maple, two-piece mahogany back, one-piece mahogany neck. Bone nut, vintage-style Gotoh tuners, medium frets, big 50s neck. it is awesome. After a week I’m still in love. Very clear low-output pickups, mad low action, just so fun to play, and the nut was cut well enough to stay in tune after crazy bends. October was the best acquisition month ever, between this and the Prototype! Edited October 31, 2022 by polara 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Super-sweet! Congratz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo175 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Nice score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbilly Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Awesome! I've got a LC-60, it's all the LP I think I would ever need. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polara Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 Pretty nice veneer. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbilly Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) here's the tag that came in the case with mine, list price was about $400 USD? (at today's exchange rate, - no idea what it was in the 80s), I can see why it sold at half price! Edited November 1, 2022 by Jimbilly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polara Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jimbilly said: here's the tag that came in the case with mine, list price was about $400 USD?, I can see why it sold at half price! That's nuts! I love how the model names on many MIJ guitars are based on the number representing thousands of yen in "list" price (which never seems to be retail price). An LC60 one year might be a "Les Paul Custom) with a list of 60,000 but with inflation the same guitar tin ten years might now be the LC90... Edited November 1, 2022 by polara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff_hartwell Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Dude that’s Awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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