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Monday 27 August 2012
1980s Tokai Talbo Blazing Fire aluminium-bodied beauty
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Here's a proper 1980s-era Japanese-made Tokai Talbo Blazing Fire with aluminium body, and definitely not to be confused with the later Korean-made wooden bodied versions. In fact the wooden-bodied Talbo is an oxymoron, since the very name "Talbo" is a portmanteau of "Tokai ALuminium BOdy". The seller describes this guitar as playing "like a Stratocaster on steroids" and you can be sure that given the body material this guitar is going to be seriously resonant.
Currently being auctioned on eBay UK with a starting price of £499.
G L Wilson
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
Currently being auctioned on eBay UK with a starting price of £499.
G L Wilson
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
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Sweet, I love that headstock. I'm reshaping mine so I'm always looking for inspiration
ReplyDeleteVery nice with the body too, different enough without being freakish
ReplyDeleteA beauty and no mistake
ReplyDeleteMany seem unaware of the current state of Tokai. Although it produces budget Chinese models - the successors to their Korean line - they still produce the same top-notch Japanese made guitars in the same factory as always.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to the current Talbo line-up. You can see that there are two models made of wood. A bit silly I agree. But the original aluminium bodied guitars are still being produced - including the intriguing Talbo Junior.
http://www.tokaijapan.com/talbo.html
...and to the Japanese site:
http://www1.odn.ne.jp/tokaigakki/products/talbo/index.html
Thanks for that, Alan!
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