Tokai has its own instrument making factory and have built guitars for well-known brands under contract (OEM). In 1982, Tokai introduced an aluminum-body guitar called the Talbo (Tokai Aluminum Body) which the band Devo played at one time. By the late 1970s, replicas of Fender guitars, such as the ".38 Special" guitar and the "Hard Puncher" bass (replica of the Fender Precision Bass), began to be sold in Japan and Europe. This guitar was fitted with lipstick pickups and can be seen on the cover of his second studio album Couldn't Stand the Weather. Tokai also made Fender replicas, the "Springy Sound" (ST series, Fender Stratocaster replica) and the "Breezy Sound" (TE series, Fender Telecaster replica).Both Stevie Ray Vaughan and Chuck Hammer played a "Tokai Springy Sound" at one time. The name change was in response to threats from American guitar companies to go to court to protect their copyrights. By 1980, the name was changed to "Reborn Old" and later to its current name, "Love Rock". Tokai's replica of the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, named the "Les Paul Reborn" model, started in 1978. These models are generically known as "lawsuit guitars". Martin guitars.īetween 19, Tokai began making various Fender and Gibson replica electric guitars and basses. In 1975, it launched its own Cat's Eyes line of acoustic guitars, which were replicas of C.F.
Martin & Company to supply acoustic guitar parts and also to build Martin's Sigma electric guitars. In 1972, Tokai entered into a joint-venture with C.
Some Tokai guitars, with models resembling American manufacturers' guitars: fltr: Goldstar Sound, Talbo, LS-85 Love Rock, Hard Puncher bassįrom 1970 to 1973, Tokai produced the Conn line of acoustic guitars under contract with C.G. This was followed in 1970 with the Humming Bird Custom acoustic guitar (not to be confused with the Hummingbird guitar model produced by Gibson). It made its first electric guitar in 1968 with the Humming Bird, a guitar loosely based on the Mosrite Mark I and II. Tokai started making classical guitars in 1965. Tokai began making banjos and harpsichords in 1973 and the electric piano in 1975. It developed its first melodica, the Pianica, in 1961. Tokai began in 1947, as a harmonica and piano manufacturer. Īlthough Tokai currently focuses on electric and acoustic guitars, basses and autoharps (called "chromaharp"), the company manufactured other instruments such as melodicas, pianos and guitar amplifiers in the past. The company was founded in 1947 by Tadayouki Adachi and remains family-owned. Tokai is one of Japan's leading companies in the business. ( 東海楽器製造株式会社, Tōkai Gakki Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha), often referred to as Tokai Guitars, is a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer situated in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka prefecture.
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