1983 Tokai Japan FSD70 "Five Star" Random Star (Candy Apple Red)

1983 Tokai Japan FSD70 "Five Star" Random Star (Candy Apple Red)Teased in 1982 and first appearing in Tokai's 1983 catalog, the FSD70 was a mid range model from Tokai's Japanese made FSD series of "Random Star" style electric guitars. Solid alder body with a shiny Candy Apple Red finish bolted to a maple neck with a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (648mm scale length, 43mm nut width), it weighs 3. 3kg's. This one appears original as pictured. Received a full professional setup and service prior to listing with full

Looks to be all original as pictured with very light wear and had a professional headstock repair and spot refinish as pictured (although it's been done so well that it's almost undetectable)

Weighs a very reasonable 3

maple neck and what looks like an ebony fretboard

Trans red finish on a two-piece ash body

Favored by bluegrass players in the 1930s

The previous owner stripped the speaker out of this one and you're left with a fun little EVH style guitar with a pair of humbuckers

and ranges from clean to searing overdrive without choking or gagging

Treble and Bass

Poplar body with a slim profile rock maple neck and 24 fret rosewood fingerboard (42mm nut width

22 fret rosewood fingerboard with a compact 610mm scale length

the Quik Change tailpiece gave way to the new Quik Change II and the new VelveTune II tuners replaced the original VelveTune

this is a Grassroots G-LP model from 2008