1979 Tokai Japan SS-48 Silver Star Stratocaster (Three-Tone Sunburst)

1979 Tokai Japan SS-48 Silver Star Stratocaster (Three-Tone Sunburst)Made in Japan in 1979, the SS 48 Silver Star was Tokais mid range version of the CBS era Fender Stratocaster. Large headstock with the desirable Fender style headstock logo, bullet truss and tilt adjuster on a three bolt neck plate, it weighs 3. 4kgs. Sen ash body with a poly three tone sunburst finish, one piece maple neck with a comfortable slim U profile (41mm nut width). Loaded with Tokai SS SUPER alnico single coil pickups and 70's style

The previous owner loaded with with a pair of active EMG's (original pickups not included) controlled by a pair of volume/tone knobs and a three-way pickup selector

this one has a set of Schaller tuners installed and a new volume pot otherwise it appears close to all original as pictured

You can find that perfect blend between a vintage sounding opto-coupler based U-Vibe and the little orange phaser

the FRB-125B was a high end fretless 5-string bass made for only a year

Pickup not working

The top has some slight shrinking at the binding that has been drop filled with some glue to fill the gap a little

it's brand new

these feature the full Gibson aesthetic with an open book headstock

Just back from a full professional setup

Japanese made in 1978

both working perfectly

968" - 1 31/32")