1980's Tokai Japan NOS Vintage Machine Heads/Stratocaster Tuners (Black 6IL)

1980's Tokai Japan NOS Vintage Machine Heads/Stratocaster Tuners (Black 6IL)Our friends at Tokai recently invited us to come over to Japan and dig through their NOS warehouse to handpick a mountain of parts to offer to the public, giving ya'll the incredibly rare opportunity to grab yourself some true "New Old Stock" products! These are the tuners that the Tokai factory used for many years on their Stratocaster and Telecaster builds (both their own models and many of the guitars they built for Fender Japan). They've never

Solid body with a gloss blue finish

mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard

The small stress crack in the neck near the headstock is solid and non-structural

the FST-75N was their take on the CBS style  '70's Fender Stratocaster

Seems to be a Korean or Chinese made (no serial on the back of the headstock)

this appears to be a custom order TE-070-SS as it's the only Telly model we've ever seen in the famous Lava Crackle finish

Controls: Volume/Volume/3-Way (Pickup) Switch/2-Way On-Off Sustainiac Switch/3-Way Sustainiac Mode Switch (Fundamental-Mix-Harmonic)

Think Boss MZ-2 with a more flexible control layout

Power supply not included

This one came from a true player and has loads of typical playwear from a guitar that seems to have seen the world

this is an oddball build that feels closer to a Teisco/Guyatone than a Fender

slim 60's mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard