Mine has what seems to be a 3 piece ash body, beautifully joined. So the serial number on this guitar is a mystery to me. ![]() It doesn't have a serial number, & none of the others I have seen did either. I bought a Breezy TE50 from Rockem on eBay in 2010. I did wonder if they were going to be a limited batch, & therefore quite rare, but that doesn't seem to be the case. But they still seem to be around, so my theory seems to be incorrect. My assumption at the time was that Tokai had assembled them from parts left over from the Fender Japan contract & just re-badged them. Around 2010 MIJ Tokais with the Fender headstock shape started appearing for sale on a couple of internet sites in the UK. As far as I can make out, Tokai made some of the Fender Japan guitars for a period of about 10 years, ending some time around 2007/8. Now we're getting more into speculation with the more recent models, so I'll tell you what I know to be the case, & also what I believe is probably the case. This article might help to explain what happened back in the day. ![]() A 1982 Springy & a 1984 Goldstar are pretty much identical, no significant change in specs took place when the name changed. ![]() All that changed was the name & the decal. The Springy changed to the Goldstar in mid 1983. And congratulations too, that looks very nice.įirst, let's tackle the old "a slight step down from a Springy Sound" myth.
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