Tokai SS-80 Stratocaster, Lacquer, 1-Piece body, Bareknuckle Mother's Milk, DeTemple

I’m reducing this to move it, for less than the cost of the pickups, pickguard, and bridge.

Great condition with a few blemishes. sounds, plays, and looks great. Beautiful wood. Sounds like a strat should.

Tokai SS-80 was the top of the line copy of large headstock Strats originally offered at 80,000 Yen.  They are extremely rare, very well appointed and built to Tokai's consistent high quality.

Special guitar.  Lots of expensive upgrades.

Modeled on a 1966 Strat, the Silver Star line was Tokai's large headstock Strat model. These models were introduced in 1979 and offered until 1984.  The SS-80 was the only Silver Star model to come finished in nitro cellulose lacquer and featured a brass nut and brass key-hole bridge saddles.

This SS-80 has a one piece Sen body finished in three tone sunburst (YS).  Sen is a Japanese ash which is known for its intricate grain patterns.  Unlike the ST-80 Springy Sound, it appears that all SS-80's may have come with one piece bodies.  Stamps on the neck and body confirm they came together from the factory and show the YS color code.  Neck is maple and the tuners are vintage Grover PAF inline tuners from 1960.

Callaham bridge with brass block, KGC brass saddles and brass nut

-Bare Knuckle Pickups “The Mother’s Milk” 60s style Stratocaster pickups - Vintage Cream, Handmade in the UK

-920D 7-Way Gilmour Wiring Harness, with all high end components, CTS, mini toggle, add Neck option

Fat, Chimey, Warm,Thumpy, Squawky, Strat tone, Vintage 60s output—

Bridge - 6.5 ohm
Middle - 5.7 ohm
Neck - 5.7 ohm

All three pickups have vintage stagger pole pieces, and were upgraded with Zinc Plated Steel Baseplates for more output and thump. Middle p/u - Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity/hum canceling

DeTemple Guitars thick Italian celluloid pickguard $$

Original black rectangular case