A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR IN THE MANNER OF A STRATOCASTER

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TOKAI GAKKI COMPANY LIMITED, JAPAN, CIRCA 1981
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR IN THE MANNER OF A STRATOCASTER
Bearing the logo decal at the headstock Tokai SPRINGY SOUND / THIS IS THE EXACT REPLICA OF THE GOOD OLS STRAT. Oldies / BUT / Goodies, and the serial number 1018894 stamped at the neck plate, maple and walnut neck, ash body, with soft case
Length of back 15 3⁄4 in. (40 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This Tokai solid-body guitar was something that Rodgers reached for a lot in the studio: “I played them intermittently on songs, a lot of times when I would double [the rhythm part with] the Hitmaker I would use these other guitars, just like with Daft Punk…. And no Strat sounds like the Hitmaker, so, it was always good to double. So I love these Tokais. [New York guitarist] Eddie Martinez turned me on to Tokais.…as soon as I bought my first one, and this blue one may be the first one I bought, I then wound up getting a few of them.”

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