Heartfelt Blues - Tokai LS150F Love Rock Les Paul - Matt Thorpe

Heartfelt Blues played on a Tokai LS150F Made In Japan - a recent purchase (new 2008 manufacture) . The pickups are the ones that came with it. There is no doubt that this guitar is every bit as good as my Gibson Les Paul Standard which is a 1990 model. I'd say it was better. The Guitar features a deep tenon neck joint, solid maple top, one piece back, oil based capacitors, nitro finish, aluminum bridge and tailpiece, bone nut.

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[josephkallifffraude]

What you played on 1:54 to 2:00 ? What scale is that?

[Mattukgtr]

@josephkallifffraude I'm sorry but I have no idea what the scales are. Maybe another viewer can help. The run you mention just comes out without thinking too much it utilises parts of things I would do in that key from different positions on the neck. My advice is to not get too hung up on scales they are great starting point I guess but if you know the neck you can go in any direction from anywhere in any key. If you only think scales you'll end up only playing scales! Hope this helps!

[tixmax01]

amazing....can you give the tabs for that blues song?...im learning how to play guitar ...

[Mattukgtr]

@tixmax01 sorry there are no tabs it's all just improvised.

[grindinglicks]

Where is the model number on a Tokai. I have one for about 5 years now and haven't found any numbers yet. It's a loverock with flame. Check out my video and you'll hear it. Plays like a dream and has a nice dark sound like my 87 Standard did. And I mean it's identical!! Where's the numbers?

[Mattukgtr]

@grindinglicks usually the model number is stamped or handwitten written inside the bridge pickup cavity. This will be the model number at the time since they have a bizzare scheme of using the Yen price as the model number which means that an LS60 from 6 years ago is probably equivalent to an LS100 now. You need the age from the serial number and the model to work out current equivalent. Check out the Tokai Forum from more info.

[Mattukgtr]

@AnthonyYaff ha! I've got a Gibson thanks! See my other videos. By the way the Gibson is also a clone of something Gibson used to make ie. the 1959 Les Paul out of the Kalamzoo factory. Tokai seem to be making a better clone of this than Gibson at Nashville do these days.

[Mattukgtr]

@dansam73 That's absolutely right ! It's easy to find a Gibson that plays like crap but of the Made In Japan Tokais I've never found one that plays badly. It's hard to tell people this but when they pick one up and realise for themselves, they are then preaching the word !.

[josephkallifffraude]

@darthfocus Hey thanks =D! I think i want it transcribed! It will help a lot!! Thanks ~

[TheDavke]

@mark22160 thanks for the info....but i bought fgn lc20...great guitar

[mark22160]

@gideonwfc why go down market?

[mark22160]

@vbexpress15 maybe you actually played a chinese tokai without knowing what you had in your hands. If you had played a Japanese LS150 you would have known for sure it would blow a Gibson off its stand.

[mark22160]

@ady0211 Richtone music, Sheffield

[mark22160]

@TheDavke an LS90 has a solid Mahogany back with a traditional maple cap which is then topped by a veneer of flame maple timber for aesthetic purposes. (I have one). It also does not have a nitro finish. An LS150 has the same Mahogany back and and neck but has a maple cap which is usually flamed and therefore does not have the need for a layer of veneer. However, do not worry about the LS90 being an inferior guitar, it is superb in its own right, the 150 is the next step up. Both are great.

[mark22160]

@Nickofaballooni Good choice....

[mark22160]

@elpelao2011 you can buy an LS150 new from Richtone Music in Sheffield, great guitars and will knock any Gibson Les Paul off the wall.

[darthfocus]

@josephkallifffraude It's a nice phrase. He starts with an F# minor triad then into a B blues scale (adds a high C# note for flavor-not part of the scale) then back to B Blues ending on a lower C# again for flavor/color. Message me if you want it transcribed.

[elpelao2011]

This video does a lot of justice for Takai guitars.....of course thanks to your excellent playing. I have a LS50, upgraded with Manlius Fat Dianes...and it is an incredible guitar. Would love to get my hands on an LS150, but they have gotten somewhat expensive for the vintage lawsuit period.