Those Tokais are definitely not junk; I owned a late 70s Hard Puncher that would have put Fenders from the same era to shame. The 70s and 80s Tokais are very desirable, and are well up there with Fenders in my opinion.

That Tokai was actually superior to the genuine fenders being made at the time. Apart from what someone did to it, its far from Junk.

It's a sin that someone tried to cover that beautiful sunburst transition. The gradient is one of the best I've ever seen. I'm glad you brought it back.

This is what guitar junkies want to see on youtube. No designer dirt and rust on this restoration. Good score, and good restoration. It was like a V8 sleeper under the hood. All quality components. I'll bet they're all original components. This looks 70's or 80's. Solid body with original unmolested single coil pickup routings. Very desirable. I'll bet everybody watching was impressed, and a little nervous you might sand it, which generally ruins them. A bit of wear on some frets, but probably could be re crowned. Good work.

usually im skeptical of restoration channels cuz a lot of them usually don't know what they are doing but this was a really good restoration and the playing is good aswell

Wow what a beautiful guitar. Great restoration! I would so proudly own a vintage Tokai like that.

すばらしい。 これは名器だよ！フェンダーよりフェンダーらしいストラトキャスター！ wonderful. This is a masterpiece! A Stratocaster that looks more like a Fender than a Fender! sticker studio penta disease It is written. Studio Penta is a music practice studio in Tokyo.

動画は全部観てますが、毎回綺麗に塗装やステッカーを剥がす根気が凄いです。自分もよくやるんで大変さがわかります。

This isn't a restoration as such, but is a very thorough cleaning. Great result.

Incredible care went into that restoration. Beautiful playing demo as well. Thanks for the video.

I am shocked how intact and good shape the original finish was in.

I would have expected that the frets would need levelling and re-crowning but it is impressive that you managed to get that paint off and reveal the original finish. It looked like some emulsion that was left over from doing up a kitchen or something. I was a bit suprised about the value of the pots being at 250k. I thought Fender used 500k in their guitars, but that could well have just been what Tokai used instead.

I adore that you use those basic ,classic, three different flavors of tone amps to showcase the restorations.( Marshall +jazz chorus+ Peavy) It is such an honest no -frills aesthetic.

素晴らしい❣️あれだけの扱いをされたtokaiのストラトが見事に清き美しさと蘇る…貴方のギター愛を感じざるおえません❣️演奏にもそれが現れておりました。素晴らしい❣️ありがとう💕命がありましたね❤

Great restoration. I love how you took it down to the original finish. Definitely not junk.

ギターの元の素材を生かしているところが好感持てます。

An abused instrument finds it’s forever home. Fantastic resto well done. 👍

Those old Tokia lawsuit guitars are very high quality. I guarantee you that thing looks, plays, and sounds more like a vintage Strat than most authentic Fender products.

Very satisfying seeing that beauty get restored like that. You were fortunate no previous owners did any permanent damage, mods or customizing.

What a great restoration. I sat breathless for over 30 minutes. I'm so glad you didn't replace any parts with new ones at all. You have a great original Tokai from the heyday of Japanese mastery.

The fact that you’re wearing a Page Ninety Nine shirt absolutely made this video 10x better. Awesome video.

As already stated in the comments, Tokai guitars are better build that the "authentic" ones. Fun fact: SRV was playing them, he even holds a Tokai Strat replica, on the album cover of "Texas Flood". That´s right, that´s not a Fender Strat on that famous album cover, it´s a Tokai.

Rare example of the restoration, not renovation! Great job, excellent video, nice playing.

That guitar is far from "junk". Between the lawsuit era headstock, The large bridge block, lacquer paint, a proper 50s-60's Fender route and so many other details they were fantastic players, sounded as good as any Fender of the time, and are increasing in value collectorwise. I had a Hondo Japan lawsuit era Strat copy (early70's) that got stolen when I was a kid. That was such a great guitar. All white with maple neck. Even as a beginner I sounded good on that guitar. I know Fender was having a cow at the time even with their own series of Japan made Strats because their quality control was exceeding USA versions and asking like half the price or less. Crazy.

Excellent clean up job. A lot of patience and elbow grease. You have restored a beautiful guitar’s mojo!

It is a real pitty what someone did to this awesome guitar. It is nice to see this one restored. Anyway, according to my experience with Tokai guitars and basses they were clash with Fenders, with exception of E series USA Fenders where Tokais from 80's were a way above Fenders.

Fantastic job, friend! I have played a few “Lawsuit Era” Tokais here in the US, and they’re fantastic. I owned a Tokai Les Paul that felt great, but had a twisted neck😢 I would have kept it if I had known how to fix it then (I do now). That Strat looks great! It started out so abused and sad. When you first showed it, my heart hurt very bad. But, when you finished it, my heart felt good, so you basically saved my life😝😝😝😝 The only things I would have done different would be to have shielded the whole pickup and control cavity. It looked like they did have aluminum foil in there, but it was so crudely done. The brass plate for the controls is good, but I like a silent guitar so I make sure everything is shielded under the hood. The nut looked good, but I may have replaced it with a TUSQ XL. I have switched all of my guitars out with them, and it makes a huge difference in tuning stability and sustain. Wonderful work, friend!! Tim, from Washington state, USA

Absolutely perfect restoration. All of that guitar's history is still there.

Tokay made fantastic guitars. Not junk! Incidentally early 1970s Japanese acoustic dreadnaughts branded ‘Sagadia’ are also wonderful sounding copies of Martin D18s. I should know… I’ve had one since 1974!

綺麗にする根気も凄いんですが、何より試奏フレーズの選曲がナイスです

Love it. The original Paint job was amazing. Good job. Cheers from Majorca island

Someone was painting their house in a hurry then splashed paint on the guitar. So they hastily brushed the rest of it. Then you came and rescued it! These are really great guitars. Nice job!

Fantastic work as always brother. These late seventies Tokai strats are as good if not better than Fender. All high quality components. This one is worth at least 1500 dollar. Personally, I would have loved if you kept the original pickguard and control knobs to give it an even more vintage feel and look.

I swear to God every one of these guitar's are painted by the same person and I would bet dollars to doughnuts its the same guy fixing them because not to many people destroy good guitar's

These Tokais are no joke. I knew a guy in college in the late 80s that played this exact guitar cause he got it cheaper used than a Fender, and it sounded amazing, one of the best "Strats" ever made.

Beautiful cleansing 😎👍

Your attention to detail is fantastic. Super nice resto on an abused old guitar.

Personally, I would have done some fret levelling first before polishing, otherwise, lovely care and attention 👍

Excellent restoration, you saved a sweet guitar, I hope somehow the one who painted it white with a paint brush, then let it fall into neglect finds this video., again, great job!

Really impressive the patience and effort and skills this dude has. And always great tunes at the end! Regards from Brazil!

Wondering what the previous owner was thinking with such a horrible paint job since the previous one from the manufacturer is beautiful. Nice work and thanks for sharing 🙂

There's nothing junk about a Tokai guitar. Superior to most top brands.

Japanese 70/80 s guitars are amazing. Awesome restoration!

you know, what i'm always love to see is when a guitar is restored into its pristine condition, the marks, nicks, and scratches that the previous player have. awesome restoration btw!

That guitar once restored went from Homeless to living in Beverly Hills. What amazing character! 👏

すごく大切にされてきたギターみたいになって嬉しい！ あと最後の静かな曲が本当に綺麗でした。

偶然見ましたが最後まで見入ってしまいました😮 あの状態から蘇るなんて凄い🎉🎉🎉

Tokai Guitars were good guitars, so it's great to see one being restored. Bernard Sumner from New Order was using them during the 1980s and beyond, apparently a black 1984 Tokai Goldstar with custom EMG pickups.

！climb the mindとcabs！最高です 素晴らしい音の出るギターに生まれ変わりましたね、尊敬してます

Thank you for not putting music over the video. This was relaxing to watch.

was not expecting the cabs to be played during the sound check kilche no rasen is such a good track

I think it looked sort of unique the way it looked at the beginning. 😯 and the way some of that white paint naturally chipped off. I guess I just love relic’d looks.

My dude! What you do for the guitars is nothing less than AMAZING.

私は63歳ですが東海は私が１８歳の時に販売始まりましたな記憶です。リペア見事です。感動の動画でした

that was really hard work.great job.

Those were actually really great guitars

Una prueba de amor, un gran desafío, uno rescata las cosas que ama, aquellas cosas que alguna vez le significaron algo importante, cosas que dejaron huellas.

beautiful guitar playing in the end :)

I have seen you do a lot of these....On a whim I am doing one I think I missed a true calling in life. So much enjoyment, no matter for me, $50 or a $5000 guitar returned to former glory 😊

If I saw that for sale in that condition, I'd buy it without a 2nd thought. Tokai made some very good instruments in their time.

海外のJunkと日本語のジャンク品じゃ意味が違うんだなぁと感じるコメ欄

gotta love that springy tone

Another fantastic job and very nice band t-shirt my friend!

I'm surprised you didn't clean the inside of the output jack here at 23:07 LOL. Great work as always.

Really good restoration. Love the overdriven playing at the end!

the guitar sounds really clean omg 😭

On the metal parts and poles of the pickups you can use a rubber disc to help remove the rust, perfect video!

Excelente trabajo. Muy meticuloso y detallista. En algún lugar del Cielo de las guitarras, el alma de esta te lo agradece.

You made a new guitar, fantastic work.

美しい2ピースアルダー　綺麗になりスッキリです！

I admire your work. Btw. Japanese instruments are still the best ❤❤❤. In my arsenal of basses I have an Ibanez Roadstar II RB 630 prec bass and it's my main bass for studios, reharsals, live concerts etc etc... He or she was made in Japan in 87' and still is the beast!!! Greetings from Serbia to Japan❤

You should do a video on the steps you go thru to make items like this seem abused and abandoned. Like the white paint you used on this guitar and the process of fake rusting and corroding of the metal parts. It would be intersresring.

One of the best yet! Excellent resonant and lively sounds, I think also an inspiring axe to play? 🎸👍🏽✊🏽🍀🎸

Beautiful solo!!

Oh my God...These were the first words that came to my mind when I saw that poor Tokai strat... ☹️☹️☹️ But I knew you were going to bring it back to its former glory... There's the art of guitar-making AND the art of guitar restoration and you certainly do it extremely well...

Nice! Love from Brazil!

This guitar is so beautiful.

I was surprised at how good the finish was underneath that train wreck of an attempt at a paint job, a few little dents, but I suppose you could expect that when somebody has treated it terribly, great job 👍

I'm just wondering if it required a setup and fret leveling. The nut looked like it had seen better days. Vintage Japanese guitars are pretty awesome. Awesome save!

Foi a restauração mais incrível que vi!

Phenomenal resto work and sound demo to show the real range of it. Great job. I forgot I had the video in 1.5 speed and when the second part of the sound demo hit, you turned into Ichika Nito lol.

Amazing restoration. Great playing too!

dang, you made it look awsome! Great job man, i love your vids!

The white paint was slapped on the body on purpose. I don't know who did it and why, because he certainly didn't play the guitar in that condition. Did he want to disguise the gutar to hide the unique instrument or did the restorer painted the guitar so that he could restore it then beautifully in front of the camera?

Just beautifull..!!!! Nice job ..!!!

本当に驚きです..素晴らしい修理です。tokai ギター本当に音 いいですね..

Perfect work, so satisfying. Hugs from Brazil!

I'm in shock at how well this turned out. I'm assuming this was a Japanese version of a Fender or maybe just an alternative? Who in their right mind would house paint over that gorgeous sunburst/tobacco burst painjob?!?!?! Insane. You brought this guitar completely back to life and it turned out just beautiful. This guitar is a keeper for sure. Really nice work on this one!

Very impressive job restoring the guitar. Looks incredible!

A very slick job dude, big up!

I would have left a lot of that patina on the chrome bits. Especially those old tuners. These lawsuit era Tokai models or really ANY of the Japanese guitars were fine instruments and much better quality than was being produced in the US at that point. Definitely worth some TLC

Tokia guitars are amazing!!! So good fender sued them!!

ナカシマ！なんて事するんだ！

It's not a junk guitar at all... its heavily worn and vandalized Tokai. Its the most satisfying video on KZfaq to me

I love your video's, you do an amazing job! This is one though where the crappy paint job was awesome. I kinda wanted you to clean it all up as you did but leave the nasty paint. I t was a cool beater guitar look.

今値段が爆上がりしてるやつじゃないですか！

新品って弦とノブくらい？控えめに言ってもゴミだったものがジャパビンに再生された。

I like the song. It's very nice. You're a man of many talents. Hats off to you sir.

This video looks faked. Tokai's especially the older models are awesome guitars.

This is literally fake. You can see the brush strokes on the 'grime'. Literal clout goblin