Review: PRS SE Custom 24 30th Anniversary

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – body beauty 1

Thirty years ago a young, bespectacled man introduced the guitar-playing world to the first guitar model from his new company at the NAMM Show. The company from Maryland was only a small start-up, but their beautiful new electric guitar already started to attract a good deal of attention.

This young man was none other than Paul Reed Smith, the company PRS Guitars, and their first model the now-legendary Custom 24.

Before founding PRS Guitars, Smith had already managed to sell several of his handmade guitars to well-known guitarists, such as Howard Leese and Carlos Santana. Smith’s early guitars were clearly grounded in Gibson-tradition, successfully blending classic Les Paul Standard visuals with the more practical double-cut design of late 1950s Les Paul Specials. Carlos Santana’s signature PRS is based on these early (pre-PRS) guitars.

Nonetheless, Paul Reed Smith wasn’t content with high-class ”copying”. He wanted to come up with the ultimate electric guitar, both in terms of playability and sounds. What he came up with was a guitar that successfully bridges the gap between Fender and Gibson electrics, without copying any of their classic models.

The first step on Paul Reed Smith’s ongoing quest for excellence was the PRS Custom 24, introduced at NAMM in 1985.

This guitar set PRS’ wheels a-rollin’, and the company has come a long way from its humble beginnings. These days people talk about the ”Big Three” manufacturers of electric guitars – meaning Fender, Gibson and PRS.

To celebrate their anniversary PRS have released four limited edition models. Kitarablogi.com managed to get hold of the Made-in-Korea SE Custom 24 30th Anniversary for this review.

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PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – full front

The PRS SE 30th Anniversary Custom 24 (current price in Finland approx. 1,000 €) is the most-affordable of the anniversary models, but it still is a great-looking guitar.

It has PRS Guitars’ typical scale length of 25-inches (63.5 cm), which is longer than Gibson’s, but shorter than Fender’s typically used scale lengths.

The back of the body is made from mahogany, while the curved top is crafted from maple. To spruce up the looks of the SE 30th Anniversary, a thin flame maple veneer is glued onto the (plain) maple top. The top is bound with cream-coloured plastic.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – full back

On current SE Custom 24 guitars the neck is made from maple – in contrast to the mahogany necks on US-produced Customs. The change was made recently for both tonal and ecological reasons. The SE’s set neck is glued together from three long strips of maple, with two small pieces added to get the headstock to its full width.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – headstock

The nut is made from PRS’ special graphite-impregnated, hard plastic.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – tuners

The 30th Anniversary SE Custom 24 sports a set of very decent, non-locking Schaller-copies.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – bird inlays

PRS have come up with a variation of their bird-inlays for the anniversary models, which sees the birds flying in a gracefully curved line across the fingerboard.

The bound rosewood fingerboard is home to 24 medium-jumbo frets. The fretjob is excellent.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – cutaways

The bevelled treble side cutaway has become something of a trademark for PRS guitars.

If you click on the picture for a better view, you will be able to see clearly the demarcation lines between the mahogany back, the maple top, and the flame maple veneer.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – vibrato

Thirty years ago locking vibratos (Floyd Rose, Kahler, Rockinger) were highly fashionable, but Paul Reed Smith wasn’t too keen on them. In his view locking systems changed a guitar’s sound in a negative way, and he felt they were too cumbersome when it came to changing strings.

Smith came up with a highly-improved take on the classic Stratocaster vibrato – a chunky piece of beauty, milled from solid brass.

The SE 30th Anniversary Custom uses a high-quality version of the original design.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – pickups

In the Eighties guitarists favoured hot bridge humbuckers, because they made achieving a creamy distortion sound much easier.

This Anniversary-Custom brings this concept back by combining a medium-output neck humbucker – the Vintage Bass – with the SE-version of the high-output HFS Treble (HFS = hot fat screams).

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – controls

In the beginning, original PRS Custom 24 models came with two ”controls” and a mini-toggle switch. Actually, the second ”control” was a five-way rotary switch that served as the guitar’s pickup selector. The tiny switch was PRS’ Sweet Switch, a preset treble roll-off.

Over the years, the rotary switch fell out of favour, and the control setup on US-made guitars changed to master volume, master tone, and a five-way blade switch.

On the SE Custom 24 the blade switch is a three-way model, while a push/pull switch in the tone control allows you to split both humbuckers.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – gig bag

A well-made gig bag is included with the SE Custom 24 30th Anniversary model.

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PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – beauty shot 1

PRS guitars are known for their well though-out ergonomics and their great playability, and the SE Custom 24 30th Anniversary proves to be a genuine PRS in this respect, too. It has a comfortable medium weight, and feel nice both in your lap and strapped on.

In keeping with the 1980s theme, the SE comes with a Wide Thin neck profile. Despite its name, though, you needn’t be afraid that this Custom 24 comes with an insubstantial Ibanez Wizard. I’d describe the Wide Thin profile as distinctly oval with a medium thickness, so there’s still more than enough wood left for good tone and sustain.

The review guitar came with a comfortably low setup (low-E: 1.9 mm/high-e: 1.6 mm) without any buzzes, thanks to the great fret job.

I know that it’s a thing of personal preference, but I’d like to see a PRS strung up with a set of 010-gauge strings, instead of the factory set of 009s. The factory set feels almost too ”slinky”and effortless, making it hard to really dig into the strings.

The PRS-vibrato is one of the best updates of the vintage vibrato you’re likely to encouter, and it works like a dream on the SE Custom 24, too. The feel is smooth, creamy and precise, but isn’t as sensitive to heavy-handed playing or string bending as a Floyd Rose, despite the floating setup.

Paul Reed Smith has also proven he know’s how to voice pickups. Naturally, these Korean pickups aren’t quite in the same league as their American counterparts, but these are still very decent pickups.

On paper, pairing a Vintage Bass with a HFS Treble humbucker sounds like a recipe for a slightly schizophrenic sound, when, actually, these pickups work very well together. The jump in output levels isn’t as acute as you might think. The difference between the Vintage Bass and the HFS Treble comes over clearest in the way the latter focusses heavily on the mid-range frequencies.

The sound clips both start with the coil-split on, before moving on to the full humbucker sound. The sequence is always neck pickup –> both pickups –> bridge pickup:

The rhythm guitars on the demo track use the coil-split (left channel: neck PU; right channel: both PUs), while the lead guitar starts with the full neck humbucker, before switching to the full bridge humbucker at 0’49”:

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – back beauty

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PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – body beauty 2

No wonder that PRS Guitars’ SE-range is so popular:

The SE Custom 24 30th Anniversary gives you the genuine ”PRS experience” at a truly fair price. This is a pro-level electric guitar that plays very well and offers you a wide variety oif different sounds.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – beauty shot 2

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PRS SE Custom 24 30th Anniversary

approximately 1,000 € (including gig bag)

Finnish distributor: EM Nordic

A big thank you to DLX Music Helsinki for the loan of the review instrument!

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Pros:

+ workmanship

+ playability

+ vibrato action

+ versatile sound

+ anniversary model

Testipenkissä: PRS SE Custom 24 30th Anniversary

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – body beauty 1

Kolmekymmentä vuotta sitten nuori, rillipäinen mies esitteli hänen pikkufirmansa ensimmäisen kitaramallin yhdysvaltalaisilla NAMM-messuilla. Marylandilaisessa yrityksessä työskenteli silloin vain puoli tusina kitaranrakentajaa, mutta firman tyylikäs kitara, jossa oli selvästi klassikon ainekset, kyllä huomioitiin jo silloin.

Tämä nuori mies oli tietysti Paul Reed Smith, hänen firmansa PRS Guitars, ja se ensimmäinen kitaramalli firman legendaarinen Custom 24.

Ennen PRS Guitarsin perustamista, Smith oli jo onnistunut myymään muutamia varhaisia, pikkuverstaassa rakennettuja, kitaroitaan nimekkäille kitaristeille, kuten Howard Leeselle ja Carlos Santanalle. Nämä kitarat olivat pitkälti Gibson-tyylisiä kitaroita, joissa yhdistettiin Les Paul Standardin prameutta kahdella soololovella varustetun Les Paul Specialin käytännöllisyyteen. Carlos Santanan nimikkomalli on yhä samalla tavalla rakennettu.

Paul Reed Smithissä oli kuitenkin selvästi keksijän ja kehittäjän ”vika”, koska korkean tason ”kopiointi” ei riittänyt hänelle. Smith halusi kehittää ultimatiivisen sähkökitaran, joka kulkisi sekä soitettavuuden että soundin ja ulkonäön kannoilta kultaista keskitietä Fender- ja Gibson-maailmojen välissä.

Kehitystyön ensimmäinen tulos oli PRS Guitarsin ensimmäinen kitaramalli – juuri se 1985:n NAMMissa esitelty Custom 24.

Tästä kitarasta alkoi PRS:n voittokulku ja kasvutarina. Nykyään puhutaan USA:ssa ”kahden ison” sijasta ”kolmesta isosta” sähkökitaroiden valmistajista – Fender, Gibson ja PRS.

Vuosipäivän kunniaksi PRS on julkaissut neljä juhlamallia, joista saimme Koreassa tehdyn SE Custom 24 30th Anniversary -kitaran tähän testiin.

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PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – full front

PRS SE 30th Anniversary Custom 24 (katuhinta noin 1.000 €) on juhlamalleista edullisin, mutta sitä huolimatta erittäin kaunis soitin.

PRS Guitarsille tyypillinen on kitaran 25-tuumainen (63,5 cm) mensuuri, joka on pidempi kuin Gibsonin, mutta lyhyempi kuin Fenderin yleensä käyttämä mensuuri.

Rungon takaosa on tehty mahongista, kun taas sen kaareva kansi on vaahteraa. Vaahterakannen koristeeksi on lisätty ohut loimuvaahteraviilu, ja koko komeus on reunalistoitettu kermanvaalealla muovilla.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – full back

Nykyisissä SE Custom 24 -malleissa on – USA-tuotannosta poiketen – kolmesta pitkästä vaahterapalasta veistetty liimakaula mahongin sijaan. Muutos tehtiin sekä soinnillisista että ekologisista syistä muutama vuosi sitten.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – headstock

SE-juhlamallissa käytetään PRS Guitarsin erittäin kovasta materiaalista tehty, itsevoitelevaa yläsatulaa.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – tuners

Virittimet ovat laadukkaita, korealaisia Schaller-kopioita. Kyseessä on perinteiset, ei-lukittavat mallit.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – bird inlays

30-vuotis juhlamalleissa käytetään uusia lintukuvioisia otemerkkejä, jossa lintujen lentoreitti otelaudassa on hienosti kaareva.

Reunalistoitetuun, ruusupuiseen otelautaan on asennettu 24 medium jumbo -kokoista nauhaa. Nauhatyö oli testisoittimessa erittäin hyvä.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – cutaways

Viistoitetusta diskanttipuolen soololovesta on tullut yksi PRS:n tunnusmerkeistä.

Kun klikkaat tätä kuvaa suuremmaksi, näet selvästi rungon rakenteen – mahongin, vaahteran, sekä loimuvaahteraviilun.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – vibrato

Kolmekymmentä vuotta sitten lukittavat vibratallat (Floyd Rose, Kahler, Rockinger) olivat erittäin suosittuja. Paul Reed Smithin mielestä ne olivat kuitenkin pahoja soundisyöppöjä, eikä hän myöskään pitänyt siitä, että ne tekivät kieltenvaihdosta niin hankalan.

Smith kehitti oman vibratonsa alkuperäisen Stratocaster-tallan perusteella, mutta käytti Fenderistä poiketen selvästi massiivisempia osia messingistä.

SE 30th Anniversary Customissa käytetään erittäin laadukasta versiota alkuperäisestä.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – pickups

1980-luvulla kitaristit halusivat tuhteja tallamikrofoneja kermaisen särösoundin perusteeksi.

Juhla-Custom palaa takaisin siihen aikaan yhdistämällä vintage-tyylistä SE Vintage Bass -kaulamikrofonia kuumaan SE HFS Treble -tallaumbuckeriin (HFS on muuten lyhenne sanoista ”hot fat screams”, siis: ”kuumia paksuja kirkaisuja”).

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – controls

Alkuperäisissä Custom 24 –malleissa on kaksi ”säädintä”, sekä yksi pikkukytkin. Toinen säädin oli todellisuudessa kiertokytkin, joka toimi mikrofonivalitsimena. Tone-säätimen sijaan näissä kitaroissa käytettiin sitä minikokoista vipukytkintä, PRS:n ns. Sweet Switch, jolla saatiin diskantit vaimennettua.

Kiertokytkin kuitenkin osoittautui ajan myötä epäsuosituksi, minkä takia säädinosastoa muutettiin perinteisemmäksi – master volume, master tone, sekä kolmiasentoinen vipukytkin. Tone-potikassa on nostokytkin, jolla voi puolittaa kitaran humbuckereita.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – gig bag

Laadukas topattu pussi kuuluu SE Custom 24:n hintaan.

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PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – beauty shot 1

PRS-kitarat ovat tunnettuja niiden hyvästä ergonomiasta ja soitettavuudesta, ja SE 30th Anniversary Custom 24 on myös tässä suhteessa aito PRS. Kitara ei ole liialla painolla pilattu, ja se istuu erittäin mukavasti sylissä, sekä roikkuu rauhallisesti hihnassa.

80-luvun henkisesti kaulaprofiiliksi on valittu firman Wide Thin -profiili. Nimestä huolimatta kyse ei ole olemattoman ohuesta Ibanez Wizard -kaulasta, vaan tässä on vielä mukavasti puuta jäljellä. Itse kuvailisin Wide Thin -profiilia leveäksi ovaaliksi, joka on todella hyvä kompromissi pyöreän vintage-kaulan ja laakean ”vauhtikaulan” välillä.

Testisoittimen nauhatyö oli erinomainen ja soittotatsi oli säädetty mukavan matalaksi (ala-E: 1,9 mm/ylä-e: 1,6 mm) ilman ylimääräistä kielten räminää.

Tämä on tietysti täysin subjektiivista, mutta itse toivoisin tällaisessa kitarassa 010-paksuista kielisatsia. Tehdaskielten (009-satsi) kanssa soitettavuus oli jo lähes liian vaivatonta ja kevyttä.

PRS:n vibratalla on mielestäni yksi parhaimmista vintage-vibraton päivityksistä, ja systeemi toimii moitteettomasti myös Custom 24 -juhlamallissa. PRS SE:n vibra toimii pehmeästi ja tarkasti, mutta se ei ole läheskään niin herkkä raskaalle plektrakädelle tai kielten venytyksille kuin esimerkiksi Floyd Rose talla.

Paul Reed Smithillä on aina ollut myös todella tarkka korva mikrofonien suhteen. Vaikka SE-juhlamallin mikrofonit ei luonnollisesti yllä ihan samalle huipputasolle kuin PRS:n USA-mikrofonit, on niiden soundi kuitenkin erittäin kiitettävällä tasolla.

Vaikka Vintage Bass- ja HFS Treble -mikrofonien yhdistelmä näyttää paperilla hieman kaksijakoiselta, toimi mikkien yhteistyö käytännössä loistavasti. Ero näiden humbuckereiden luonteissa huomaa vähemmän signaalitasosta kuin siitä, että tallahumbuckerin soundi fokusoituu selvästi keskitajuuksille.

Näissä esimerkkipätkissä aloitetaan ensin puolitetuista vaihtoehdoista, ennen kun mennään täysille humbuckereille. Järjestys on aina kaulamikki –> molemmat –> tallamikki:

Demobiisin komppikitarat käyttävät puolitettuja mikrofoneja (vasen kanava: kaulamikki; oikea kanava: molemmat mikit yhdessä), kun taas soolokitara aloittaa täydellä kaulahumbuckerilla, ennen kun se vaihtuu täyteen tallamikkiin (noin 0:49 kohdalla):

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – back beauty

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PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – body beauty 2

Ei ole ihme, että PRS Guitarsin SE-mallisto on näin suosittu:

Tästä SE Custom 24 30-vuotis juhlamallista saa täydellisen ”PRS-kokemuksen” todella reiluun hintaan. Kyseessä on ammattitason sähkökitara loistavalla soitettavuudella ja monipuolisella soundilla.

PRS SE Custom 24 30th Ann – beauty shot 2

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PRS SE Custom 24 30th Anniversary

katuhinta noin 1.000 € (topattu pussi kuuluu hintaan)

Lisätiedot: EM Nordic

Suuri kiitos DLX Musiikille testikitaran lainaamisesta!

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Plussat:

+ työnjälki

+ soitettavuus

+ vibratallan toimivuus

+ monipuolinen soundi

+ juhlamalli

Review: Tokai Classic Series

Tokai Classic TE – headstock

Tokai Guitars has built its reputation on very well-crafted and vintage-correct copies of classic models. The original Japanese Tokai instruments from the Seventies and Eighties gave most US manufacturers a good run for their money, and in some respects Tokai’s – ahem – ”versions” were even better than some of the originals from that era.

Tokai’s top-of-the-line instruments are still made in Japan. The company’s Chinese output, though, makes it possible to own a genuine Tokai guitar (or bass), even on a tighter budget.

The idea behind the brand-new Tokai Classic series is to offer very reasonably priced guitars and basses, which combine a classic look with a few modern tweaks for easier playability.

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Tokai Classic TE – full front

Tokai Classic TE – full back

Kitarablogi received these three Tokai Classics for review:

A Tokai Classic TE (current price in Finland: 249 €) in a 50s-style two-tone sunburst finish…

Tokai Classic ST – full front

Tokai Classic ST – full back

…a creamy white Tokai Classic ST (249 €)…

Tokai Classic JB – full front

Tokai Classic JB – full back

…as well as a Classic JB bass (299 €) in a fetching three-tone sunburst.

Tokai Classic ST – headstock

Tokai’s Classic series features bolt-on maple necks.

On the TE and ST models the face of the headstock sports a gloss finish.

Tokai Classic JB – headstock

The JB bass’ headstock front has received the same thin satin finish as the neck.

All Classic instruments offer easy access to the truss rod at the headstock, so you won’t have to take off the neck to make adjustments.

Tokai Classic TE – tuners

There’s a set of very decent Kluson-copies installed on the guitars.

Tokai Classic JB – tuners

The Classic JB comes with a set of Schaller-copies, which are less massive than vintage-style Klusons.

Tokai Classic guitars – fretboard

The Classic TE and ST come with a flatter-than-vintage fingerboard radius and chunkier frets, which makes the playing feel much more modern and bend-friendly.

Tokai Classic JB – fretboard

The same goes for the Tokai Classic bass.

Tokai Classic TE – back beauty 2

All Classic series bodies are made of basswood, a proven tonewood with a sound similar to alder.

Tokai Classic TE – neck plate

The black plastic cushion beneath the neck plate protects the finish.

Tokai Classic TE – bridge

There are different versions of the three-saddle Tele-style bridge in circulation:

The Classic TE goes for the late-Sixties variety sporting three saddles with pre-set grooves for the strings.

Tokai Classic TE – back ferrules

The TE came strung the regular way, though the body, with the strings’ ball-ends anchored in ferrules. This setup is favoured by most Tele players.

Tokai Classic TE – additional bridge holes

Tokai’s Classic TE nevertheless offers an additional interesting feature:

It’s possible to string this guitar through the back of the bridge, too. This was a rare feature on original Fender Telecasters in 1958/59 that noticeably alters the feel and sound of the guitar.

Tokai Classic ST – bridge

At first glance, the bridge on Tokai’s Classic ST looks like a dead-on copy of a vintage Strat vibrato.

Tokai Classic ST – vibrato block

The vibrato block, though, isn’t as chunky as on the original. It’s about the same size as the block on a Floyd Rose vibrato.

Vintage-anoraks will sniff disapprovingly at the sight of such a block, claiming that it’s bad for the tone of the guitar. Let me tell you that the review guitar’s acoustic ring and sustain were actually quite healthy. So much for preconceptions…

Tokai Classic JB – bridge

The Classic JB sports a nice copy of a 1970s Fender bass bridge.

Tokai Classic TE – pickups

Most self-appointed ”vintage-gurus” will tell you to steer clear at all times of ceramic Fender-style singlecoils.

Traditionally, a Fender-type singlecoil is constructed from six small, cylindrical magnets, which are tapped into vulcanised fibre plates. Around this magnet core a coil of thin copper wire is wound to complete the pickup. In traditional pickups the polepieces you see are actually the top ends of the alnico magnets.

Tokai Classic ST – pickups

Tokai’s Classic series uses ceramic pickups, which are made a little differently. The polepieces aren’t magnets, but rather soft steel rods, which are in physical contact to a ceramic bar magnet (or sometimes two magnets) stuck to the bottom of each pickup.

Tokai Classic JB – pickups 2

When ceramic pickups first appeared on budget guitars in the Nineties, their sound was admittedly often very spiky, brittle and sharp. This gave ceramic singlecoils a bad name, which wasn’t all that undeserved.

But that was then, and ceramic pickups have been improved drastically since. Despite this, there’s still quite a lot of prejudice against this type of guitar pickup.

In the case of these Tokai Classic instruments, I’d suggest you approach their pickups with an open heart and open ears – you might be in for a positive surprise!

Tokai Classic TE – control cavity

The Classic series features electronic parts of inexpensive, but very decent quality. All the switches and controls work fine, and without any hiccups.

As you can easily see from this picture, the workmanship is very clean in the Classic TE.

Tokai Classic JB – control cavity

The rout for the Classic JB’s component cavity wasn’t quite as clean on our review sample. Luckily, this has no bearing whatsoever on the functionality of this bass guitar.

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Tokai Classic TE – body beauty 1

Tokai’s Classic TE is a very nice, well-playing Tele-style electric guitar.

Quite often, you will find uninspiring, flat and generic neck profiles on instruments in this price bracket.

The Classic TE is quite an exception, as it sports a comfortable, well-rounded and chunky neck, that still manages to stay on the right side of ”fat”. The fretwork is really great on our review sample. Combined with the bigger frets and flatter fretboard radius, this results in a slinky and bend-friendly playing feel.

Tokai’s Classic TE is no slouch in the sound department, either:

The neck pickup is warm and round, but never sounds boring or one-dimensional. The middle position of the switch will give you a cool, funky rhythm tone. The bridge pickup on its own offers enough twang for Country playing, and enough whack for the Classic Rock crowd.

Tokai Classic TE – body beauty 2

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Tokai Classic ST – body beauty 1

I’d never have thought an electric guitar costing only 249 € could be as utterly inspiring as this Tokai Classic ST!

The neck feels great with its oval C-profile. The fretwork and setup make this a real player’s guitar. The vibrato works well in a vintage-style way, and the ST’s acoustic tone is woody and dynamic.

The ceramic pickups on the Tokai Classic ST are a bit hotter than the alnicos on my 50s-style Fender Stratocaster reissue. They also have a bit more sizzle and bite, but in a good way, making this more of a ”Jimi Hendrix” than a ”Buddy Holly” guitar.

Tokai Classic ST – body beauty 2

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Tokai Classic JB – body beauty 1

Tokai’s Classic JB truly offers a lot of bass in a very pocket-friendly package.

The Classic JB will give you all the features you’d look for in a Jazz Bass-type instrument:

There’s the slender, distinctly tapered neck profile, the comfortable balance, and the wide variety (for a passive bass) of different sounds.

Tokai Classic JB – body beauty 2

This last clip lets you listen to the video’s bass and guitar tracks in isolation. During the first half all guitar tracks are played on the Classic TE, in the second half the Classic ST takes over:

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Tokai Classic TE – beauty shot 1

Tokai Classic ST – beauty shot 1

Tokai Classic JB – beauty shot 1

Tokai’s Classic Series may well prove to set a new standard for vintage-style instruments in this price range. The three reviewed guitars were well-made, well-playing instruments, and their sound was inspiring.

While the Classic series is aimed mainly at beginners, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the instruments crept up on pub or club stages!

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Tokai Classic Series

Tokai Classic TE – 249 €

Tokai Classic ST – 249 €

Tokai Classic JB – 299 €

Finnish distributor: Musamaailma

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Pros:

+ value-for-money

+ playability

+ workmanship

+ sound

Tokai Classic ST – beauty shot 2

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