SOLD 1983 Tokai Goldstar (strat) neck

goldtop · January 2023

6-in-a-line Gotoh Japan Strat locking tuners - gold

Excellent good condition with little tarnishing. This type locks via the front of the guitar. Comes with the bushings and all 7 gold mounting screws. See here for full details: https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware/tuning-machines/solid-peghead-guitar-tuning-machines/gotoh-locking-vintage-oval-knob-6-in-line-tuners

Price: £45 shipped UK or collect from Cambridge for £40. SOLD

(More matching gold hardware to come in the thread...)

goldtop · January 2023

Wilkinson Gotoh VSVG Stratocaster tremolo bridge - gold

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ihie8wxd3n4ic60/tbridge1.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/witikh5xnwqn2uh/tbridge2.jpg?raw=1

Shown above on a Candy Apple Red strat. Includes the tremolo block and arm (push-fit - no need to screw it in!) and the 6 mounting screws. Plus the various adjustment allen keys, claw thingy for the trem cavity, etc. Very little playing time, so there's hardly any tarnishing or wear on the gold plating.

More info here: https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware/all-hardware-and-parts-by-instrument/electric-guitar-parts/electric-guitar-bridges-and-tailpieces/electric-guitar-tremolos/wilkinsongotoh-vsvg-vintage-tremolo/

Price: £70 shipped UK (or £65 collected from Cambridge) SOLD

goldtop · January 2023

EMG DG-20 David Gilmour pickups

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5fyp82o8f64o2w/tpickups1.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ot0kyeqcied6uzf/tpickups3.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6er9r5knsn13ch/tpickups2.jpg?raw=1

Mounted on a WD pearloid scratchplate, and with the EXG and SPC tone controls. Before I parted out the Strat after a long period of not using it, I noticed that the Volume pot was a bit scratchy, so it may need replacing. Or it may just need to be used for a while to clear the crud from the wiper.

Full details are here: https://www.emgpickups.com/dg20-davidgilmour.html

Price: £175 shipped UK (or £170 collected from Cambridge) SOLD

goldtop · January 2023

Misc bits of hardware for Strat:

Jack plate - gold with gold mounting screws: £10 shipped
Neck plate - gold with gold mounting screws: £10 shipped
Trem cavity cover - pearloid with gold mounting screws: £10 shipped
All 3 of these together: £20 shipped

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pjd6ofi9lxdb8ui/tjack1.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4gzaqhzuzkahgov/tplate1.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j95dbavvoouhbex/tcover1.jpg?raw=1

goldtop · January 2023

Hipshot Tremsetter

Complete with original instruction manual, various trem claw replacements.

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3mem9mqsxlyr6ws/thip1.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4nan6uhjaqvrbvt/thip2.png?raw=1

Price: £35 shipped UK

goldtop · January 2023

Tokai Goldstar Sound body - 1983 vintage

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqorqf0q5usztn8/tbody1.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x0eh97xg3n75bfj/tbody2.jpg?raw=1

In Candy Apple Red metallic, and with no paint chips - just some small dings and surface marks from 40 years of use. Weighs just 1.9kg. The matching part to the neck listed below. Paint has sunk into the body and shows some of the grain lines, as usual. Includes the original Tokai 5-digit serial number stamped neck plate. Original Tokai manufacturing and paint code shown below.

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nbs80nqolynisri/tbody5.jpg?raw=1

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v0zgyxgqobd0teg/tbody4.jpg?raw=1

NOTE: I asked WezV to make a single woodwork mod: making space for a PP3 battery for active EMGs. This is made accessible via the tremolo cavity - see photo below.

Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0sduzu75oads3x/tbody3.jpg?raw=1

Price: £225 shipped UK (or £215 collected from Cambridge) SOLD

goldtop · January 2023

Tokai Goldstar sound neck - 1983 vintage

Dates to 1983 - the first year of the Goldstar - from the block 'TOKAI' logo. Maple with skunk stripe, very little wear, and nothing through the fingerboard lacquer. Vintage style, so with a fairly tight radius - 7.25" (I think). One very small ding on the back of the neck. Weighs 0.49kg.

Measured the neck depth:

21.5mm at 1st fret (0.93")
23.7mm at 12th fret (0.85")

Price: £225 shipped UK (or £215 collected from Cambridge) SOLD

goldtop · January 2023

Bridge sold
Pickups sold

prowla · January 2023

Darn - shame it's not a 3-screw body/neck!

fretfinder · February 2023

Out of interest why are you ‘parting it out’? Is it case of hoping that the sum of the parts will be greater than the whole?

goldtop · February 2023

Yes. The value of an early '80s Tokai is now in vintage-correct bits. And I'd previously sold on all of the old Tokai hardware and electronics. I advertised it on FB and the Tokai forum as a complete guitar, and had no takers.

I suppose that only a Gilmour fan would want this particular combination of EMGs with vintage Strat?

fretfinder · February 2023

Yeah I can understand that it would be a hard sell as a whole guitar, being modded with changed parts and routed, and not being one of the vintage reissue models. GLWTS.

WezV · February 2023

Probably worth noting that the added battery route is covered by the backplate. It's the same place Fender often puts it on Clapton sigs.

So whilst this is perfect for a Gilmour or Clapton project, it would still work great for a more vintage style strat too.

goldtop · February 2023

Bump with price drop for body + neck bought together: £400 shipped mainland UK. BODY SOLD

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