I just found that they have slightly different Tokai models in Germany than those that are made for the Japanese market. In Germany, they sell Tokai models LS1-R8 and LS1-R9 while the ones made for the Japanese market are LS98, LS160 and so on. Does anyone know to what regular Tokai models those German R8 and R9 models correspond in terms of material/build quality? LS200? LS260? LS320?... I reckon they are sort of based on these LS2xx models.
How different are LS1-R8 and R9 from their LS2xx counterparts? Are the body/neck shapes any different, Germans being wary of infringing alleged copyrights? Original Tokais being sort of 100% accurate reproductions of Gibson Les Pauls, I wonder if the German spec models are any less accurate reproductions of Gibson LP models.
Are neck profiles (thicknesses) different between the LS1-R8 and R9, like they are on the Gibson R8 and R9s? Are these neck profiles any different from LS2xx ones?
How different are LS1-R8 and R9 from their LS2xx counterparts? Are the body/neck shapes any different, Germans being wary of infringing alleged copyrights? Original Tokais being sort of 100% accurate reproductions of Gibson Les Pauls, I wonder if the German spec models are any less accurate reproductions of Gibson LP models.
Are neck profiles (thicknesses) different between the LS1-R8 and R9, like they are on the Gibson R8 and R9s? Are these neck profiles any different from LS2xx ones?