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This year featured the 100th anniversary of the NAMM show and unfortunately it was a bit
disappointing this year. Why? Not that much new or unique compared the 2002. I credit this
to many companies being hit hard by the MARS bankruptcy.
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| The first thing to cover is the new Korean headstocks for the Love Rocks models.
This will make it much easier to tell the difference between Korean and Japanese made
Love Rocks. Also, the Korean models will start shipping with serial numbers. The Korean
models have a large round hill, for lack of a better term, in the center of the headstock,
image on left. While the Japanese headstock is on the right.
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| How about we take a trip down paisley lane. Here we have both the NLS80-PR and the new
paisley SG80-PR which features a paisley back. The list price for both the NLS80-PR and SG80PR is $1,450.
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| Here is a shot of the NSG60 in wine red which has a list price of $1100.00.
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And you can't forget the wonderful people who work in the booths. Which BTW is
killer on your feet, mine are still hurting.
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| The NES120 is the Japanese made 335 copy and is a gorgeous guitar with a list price of
$1,900. The NES100 is also made in Japan, list price is $1,750. The difference is the top
with the NES120 have a flame maple top, back and sides while the NES100 has a maple top, back
and sides. There is also a Korean version of the NES.
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This awesome Les Paul Jr attracted a lot of attention is actually brough quite a few
people into the booth.
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We end our Tokai coverage with two new models, the LR-30 and LR-40 which are both gorgeous
guitars. The LR-30 has a book matched 5A flamed maple neck while the LR-40 has a book matched
5A quilted body. The list prices are $2,300.00 and $2,500.00 respectively. Other specs include:
- Arched top double cutaway
- Two piece mahogany back
- Neck: Maple set-neck
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Natural maple wood binding
- PAF-Alnico Vintage MK-4 pickups
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