1983 Tokai Japan FSD70 "Five Star" Random Star (Black)

1983 Tokai Japan FSD70 "Five Star" Random Star (Black)Teased in 1982 and first appearing in Tokai's 1983 catalog, the FSD70 was a mid range model from Tokai's Japanese made FSD series of "Random Star" style electric guitars. Solid alder body with a gloss black finish bolted to a maple neck with a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (648mm scale length, 43mm nut width), it weighs 3. 3kg's. This one has an aftermarket pair of chrome Gotoh PAF humbuckers and a replacement bone nut locking unit otherwise it appears

Maple neckthrough construction with an alder body and what the catalog lists as a "striped ebony" fingerboard

a replaced vintage Japanese P-bass pickup and some new volume/tone knobs

and current pricing makes these basses well worth the cost to own

Loaded with the original active FGI Technology humbucker style pickups controlled by independent volumes and a master tone knob

shows some light wear on the body and neck along with some patina on the hardware

Alder body with a smooth maple transmit neck (and heel-less cutaway) and a rosewood 24 fret fingerboard with mother-of-pearl inlays

This is an SST314H-55 model that was part of the Contemporary series of guitars made "For the Metallist

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Three vintage voiced single coils controlled by slide switches with a master volume and tone control

frets have plenty of life and the neck is straight

this is one of the few early models that wore a super aesthetic laminate flame on the cherry sunburst finish

Loaded with the original Epiphone humbucker in the neck position and a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge