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1981' springy sound ST55 Candy Apple Red matching headstock stratocaster copy Fujigen made Japan vintage, JV, very rare model
I'm not a frequent seller on reverb.com, started trading from 18'.
Yet, I do have more than a decade of selling experience on ebay as g250547, which has more than 400 positive feedbacks.
Feel free for any questions and expect me for a reliable transaction!
This is a very cool guitar by Tokai made in 1981
Very fine Japan Vintage nice axe!
It’s quite clean and fully original, resembles 60’s style good old Stratocaster.
Neck is straight! The truss rod works.
About the neck profile, not a fat V like early 50’s Fender. Not thin nor thick. Slim C shape may be close to describe.
Quite clean.
Fret remaining are 85% (1st-5th), 90% (6th-11th), 95% or more (12th and beyond.).
Very rare custom color Candy Apple Red finish with matching headstock.
Impressed “Tokai” on the tuners.
The high E string tuner is a little loose, but still functions to maintain the tuning. If you are picky, please replace it with new one.
Impressed “Tokai” on the saddles.
Serial number on the neck plate is 1021265. Stamped 10=6MR on the bottom of the neck.
Stamped 10=6MR in the control cavity of the body.
According to the catalog of the time, this guitar has alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard.
Original pickups are stamped “U” on its bobbin.
Pickup outputs are 5.69 ohm (neck), 5.68 ohm (middle), 5.68 ohm (bridge).
No issue with the electronics.
Weighs 7.72 lb
Shipping and the payment terms are described below.
This guitar is in good condition for the age. There are polish swirls, small dents and scratches as you can see on the pictures.
The guitars I am selling are all vintage and not played for a while. There could be some crunches on electronics, but they are all within the extent of which are fixable with the use of lubricant sprays unless I note specifically as defects.
If you are picky with them, this vintage guitar is not for you.
Please have a look at the pictures and judge with what you see.
See my other listing for Japan vintage guitars!
Important: Since I have an extremely busy job and not available anytime to reach post office, I will ship only on weekend.
Please note that there will be a couple days of delay between payment reception and the shipping date.
Paypal is of course accepted.
I accept bank wire transfer too, but the extra handling fee should be paid by the buyer.
Please fell free to ask if you have any questions.
About shipping (Very important)
Due to COVID-19 situation, Japan Post is only supplying EMS (very fast express) or Sea freight (very cheap, but takes 2-3 months) to many countries.
Some countries are even restricted to use either or could be impossible to ship.
In some cases, I may have to separate the neck from the body due to the size limitation.
e.g.)If no air freight is available, but sea freight is only the option. I may have to use the latter. But some countries limit the maximum length to be 1.05m, which is impossible to ship without separation.
Please understand and agree with the possible changes in the shipping method.
The situation may change on daily basis.
For the precise info, please access to the Japan Post website and get info by yourself.
Since there are so many people asking, I will not answer to the specific questions about your country’s status.
Countries which will be sent by EMS are:
Great Britain, Germany, Bulgaria, Norway, Russia ($165)
Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, United States ($172)
Taiwan ($98)
Sea freight could be the option for about half the price (check out by yourself from Japan Post website
It is a 8000 grams parcel shipped from Tokyo Japan)
For other countries, check the availability of the shipping and the rate from official Japan Post website
I believe following countries are able to ship, but not sure SAL (Not the express, may take 2-3 weeks, but a little cheaper than EMS) is available at this moment.
France, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Honkong, China, Singapore, Thailand
Please check your status and rate if you want to know.
If you think the shipping charge is expensive or want to know about EMS, SAL and Sea freight rate, please have a look at
Japan Post website
Overall (Guitar, packing materials) weighs 8 Kg and I suppose this is the appropriate amount that I may ask for.
Other sellers may demand less than me for the shipping, but my starting price is lower than other sellers.
Shipping fee defining is a little complicated that I just set it as $160 to countries besides USA and Japan.
Yet, when buyer is from other countries, I will refund the shipping fee based on actual cost.
Be careful that you may have to pay import duty depending on your custom policy.
This guitar is listed from Japan and will be shipped from here.
No trade/low cash offer. You will be ignored and will be on my blocklist.
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