1980's Washburn WP Series Les Paul Custom - Tokai Prototype? (Cherry Sunburst)

1980's Washburn WP Series Les Paul Custom - Tokai Prototype? (Cherry Sunburst)An incredibly cool piece of Japanese guitar history! We secured this from the owners of Tokai who dug it out of their warehouse last year along with a heap of other one offs and samples that either never got finished or were never released. This seems to be a one off or short run model from the Washburn WP series of Les Paul Custom models (likely a WP100 or above) made by the Tokai factory in Hamamatsu (note the Tokai style truss cover rather than the

5-way pickup selector and a mini coil split toggle

Clean overall condition as pictured

A solid guitar craftsmanship and flexible answers to the needs of the player are reflected in this series

Passive humbuckers with a volume/tone knob and three way pickup selector along with a push/pull coil split on the tone control

Used condition

Frets are worn but still have life left and the truss works as it should

Good used condition as pictured with a few dings and signs of wear

Blue/cream burst finish on the body and headstock

Gibson deluxe tuners as well as Gibson 490R and 498T humbuckers

“The SG Standard ‘61 returns to the classic design that made it relevant

The Maxon SD-01 Sonic Distortion uses the same JRC4558D as the original 808/Tubescreamer

Appears to be all original except for the replaced output jack plate and one saddle