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Funky looking Tokai J...uh...P...uh ??

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by FretNoMore, Jun 21, 2003.

  1. Jun 21, 2003 #1
    FretNoMore

    FretNoMore * Cooking with GAS *

    Jan 25, 2002
    The frozen north
    Found this mongrel in a local store... It's a Tokai jazz bass which has been modified with an old style P pickup... and the largest pick guard I've seen to cover the pup holes...

    ...don't know what to say about the orange sparkle pickguard and matching headstock...

    [​IMG]

    I ain't buying... :p
     
  2. Jun 21, 2003 #2
    Woodchuck

    Woodchuck

    Apr 21, 2000
    Atlanta (Grant Park!)
    Gallien Krueger for the last 12 years!
    A regular P p'up and she wouldn't look that bad.
     
  3. Jun 21, 2003 #3
    Osama_Spears

    Osama_Spears Guest

    Jan 7, 2003
    Baltimore,MD
    Single Coilness...


    :oops:
     
  4. Jun 21, 2003 #4
    B'Aces High

    B'Aces High Guest

    Jun 8, 2003
    Canada, North Bay ON
    Well thats it, i have to come to terms with and accept the fact that science has determined a way to take a big lump of crap and turn it into a bass.

    IMO, it is hideous :bawl:

    Maybe its the piss poor colours, i dunno...but man....icky!
     
  5. Jun 21, 2003 #5
    Ben Mishler

    Ben Mishler Guest

    Jan 22, 2003
    San Jose
    :eek:

    Fugly. Just fugly.
     
  6. Jun 21, 2003 #6
    steve-o

    steve-o Guest

    Apr 17, 2002
    how much????
    im intrested

    steve
     
  7. Jun 21, 2003 #7
    FretNoMore

    FretNoMore * Cooking with GAS *

    Jan 25, 2002
    The frozen north
    Will you still be interested when I tell you the store is in Sweden though?

    :p

    (They want the equivalent of $625. Add at least $100 for shipping).
     
  8. Jun 21, 2003 #8
    joel the bass player

    joel the bass player Supporting Member

    Nov 27, 2000
    Omaha, NE
    Too much. Don't think I could bring myself to pay for something that looks like that!:D

    jtbp
     
  9. Jun 21, 2003 #9
    Blackbird

    Blackbird Supporting Member

    Mar 18, 2000
    California
    Yes, but remember it is Europe. They can't get a Squier for less than $500 over there, poor bastards...
     
  10. Jun 21, 2003 #10
    Osama_Spears

    Osama_Spears Guest

    Jan 7, 2003
    Baltimore,MD
    I dun get it...you guys all bash this bass when it is like the same thing as the owns you drool over...except for the sparkly thing...I think this would make a good "rock out" bass:)

    it's neat...

    :oops:
     
  11. Jun 22, 2003 #11
    geezer316

    geezer316 Guest

    Jan 26, 2003
    NEW HAVEN ,CT
    i like to see a varience in a classic once in a million years,i am gonna buy the 51 re-issue next week or so.and before i played one i said
     
  12. Jun 22, 2003 #12
    Osama_Spears

    Osama_Spears Guest

    Jan 7, 2003
    Baltimore,MD

    I agree.


    :oops:
     
  13. Jun 22, 2003 #13
    FretNoMore

    FretNoMore * Cooking with GAS *

    Jan 25, 2002
    The frozen north
    Well, I at least picked it up and tried it without plugging in. Lots of buzzes, rattles and such...

    But OK, perhaps with a proper setup and whatnot. But I seriously doubt it, it was a very run-down thing.
     
  14. Jun 22, 2003 #14
    geezer316

    geezer316 Guest

    Jan 26, 2003
    NEW HAVEN ,CT
    when i got my first jazz bass from an idiot who had no idea on how to set up a bass it was so badly off that i thought it would never ,ever,never play right.the neck was a mess,the strings were all a different height,the intonation was eer ah WHAT INTONATION ? and the pots sounded like there was a D.J inside the bass scratching a record.i almost fainted when i first opened the box upon delivery,i was only playing the bass for about 2 months and even then i knew it was in bad shape.my point being a good luthier can get almost any bass in good playing condition,my bass was as bad as it can get(many bassists told me this bass was in SAD shape)and my guy got the bass playing like a brand new bass,i could'nt believe it was the same bass.and now for an up-date=the jazz was a mex,its wood was such a poor quality that the neck moved dramatically every few weeks or so,and was my cue to sell it.