Tokai ES 135 (ES 335 copy)

Short snippet of my Tokai ES 135. Used a Gregor Hilden riff as the basis for it and then soloed over the top. Check Gregor out - he has a channel called "gregsguitars" (it's in my favorites) and combines blues and jazz to create some wonderful tunes.

Once again theres an RC-2 looper and an SD-1 for the overdrive, all played through a marshall valvestate 8080.

Apologies for any mistakes and the quite terrible sound quality.

Take care,
J.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Blues
• Jazz
• Guitar
• Gregor
• Hilden
• Tokai
• Gibson
• ES
• 135
• 335
• RC-2
• SD-1
• Boss

[bluez1981]

are the pickups stock?

[jjbennett123]

@bluez1981 Yep

[jjbennett123]

The neck is a chunky D shape yeah but i doubt that it's nitro. I would hazard a guess at some cheap finish of a few nitro coats over a poly underneath. Theres a few places that i've dinged it and you can see that its poly.

[jjbennett123]

No idea I'm afraid, i haven't even heard of them!

[jjbennett123]

£750 mate and a lot of overtime

[jjbennett123]

asdsefe - Some of use aren't rich little cretins and so have to make do with something else. I haven't played a Gibson 335 in ages and from what i remember it was nice but not worth the money, this guitar IS nice and i could have bought 4 for the price of a gibson.

Go and troll someone else.

[olegsokolov]

oh so nice!!!!

[MrKeyofc]

sounds good, I am looking at one and have a blue junior - your video was worth watching. I agree to a point on your comments about gibson, so of the models are really stand out. I guess you have a Japan made guitar, this would be Nipon Gaki shop, the made Epiphone Gibsons until 2005 or 06 not sure, but that says Quality.

Thanks for putting it up.

[stevoe1000]

@melindagreenjeans Why does Gibson compromise its own company and make cheap Epiphones in China...American made stuff is getting worse every year and the Chinese, Korean are going up in quality as I see on a regular basis....

[YodaVanGrindey95]

Love the guitar and the tune! Gets a thumbs up from me, Oh yeah and a subscribe too!

[milodaman2]

@melindagreenjeans Believe it or not, vintage tokai guitars from the 70s and 80s were hand built. The brands that made their own knockoff guitars were done very well. Back then, 1 US dollar was equal to a ton of japanese yen. That could have been $1,000 US and over $10,000 yen. US players kept their brand loyalty as I see you're doing with gibson. These are built to exact specs of a gibson, and extremely well made.

You can't beat a vintage gibson or fender, but compared to the industry made

[SotR59]

@melindagreenjeans

I wasn't putting them on par with Gibson, just saying if you can't afford a Gibson the Tokai is a good choice among copies. I guess I should have worded it a little differently.

[melindagreenjeans]

@SotR59 They are not a choice OVER a Gibson. They're a compromise UNDER.

[melindagreenjeans]

1:04 random bend

[Emil019b]

I bought an acoustic tokai, made In china. They are very good, never seen a guitar as good for the same price.

[bluez1981]

@jjbennett123 what kind of pickups are they?