Holds its tone and has the quality craftmanship you expect from a Tokai made guitar from this era. Say these guitars give you serious bang for your buck. My first post so I will try to refrain from unnecessary hyperbole but I will only Handicraftsman aiming at a revival of the old Martin guitars." Guitar Cat’s Eyes is a masterpiece in folk guitar elaborately manufactured by The rosewood fretboard has a lovely dark grain. The back of the headstock has the diamond indent familiar to Martin. Rosewood back and sides and Mahogany neck. Referring to the year so this one was made in 1975. (CE stands forĬats Eyes and the number refers to the price so this was originally sold forĦ0,000 yen.) The serial numbers are easy to read with the last 2 digits Recently picked up a used CE 600 for 28,000 yen at a local shop. I have no idea why Martin would agree to do this but there wasĭefinitely some agreement between them from the Mid 1970s to early 80s. I'd hunt for awhile and wait for a bargain. You should be able to get more detail on model specs at the Tokai forum. Sometimes even if the sticker is removed you can still see a ghost of the number. Seems that Tokai had some relationship with Martin to make replicas for the Japanese As far as model, there should be a stamp on the last fret (earlier) or an oval sticker at the base of the neck (later) with the number of the model. Together sure about their history so maybe someone here can help out but it Say these Tokai made Cat’s Eyes dreadnought acoustics slipped under the radar.
Been collecting Japanese vintage guitars for just over decade now and I must
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