Expanding the Tokai Section
I get a lot of traffic to the Tokai section of guitarAmpInfo.com, so I thought I should brush up on a little history about the company. The following few paragraphs are a bit of what I found.
In 1982 the western guitar market was shocked into submission. Never before had it seen instruments of such quality from a Japanese builder. Tokai had come to town and had changed the entire perception of the guitar world forever!
Their arrival brought about a knee-jerk reaction from the world’s existing major manufacturers - including a hefty lawsuit from Gibson. However by this time, Tokai had firmly established itself as a builder of unquestionable reputation and precision. Unlike many of its competitors, Tokai founded by Tadayouki Adachi in Hamamatsu in 1947, still remains a genuine family concern. Now headed by its current President, Shohei Adachi, Tokai still retains the philosophy of absolute commitment to quality.
The majority of its current workforce are the same skilled craftsmen who created the now highly collectable eighties classics including the Tokai “Love Rocks” line.
I’ve included a separate section for Tokai Les Paul models, Tokai Stratocaster copies and Tokai Vintage models and of course the popular Tokai Love Rocks line.
For more information on specific Tokai models, check out this great Tokai Guitar User Forum.