ishibashi drops tokai for poor quality

[pallas]

this is what ishibashi said...

Firstly, please note our situation. We do not have any Tokai guitar in
stock. We handle it only in case a customer place an order.
Secondly, a craftsmanship of Tokai is not superb. We have often seen a
dent or a scratch or a defective finish work on their guitar although it
just comes from the manufacturer. We do not accept returning for those
reasons.

The craftsmanship of Tokai used to be good. The current products are not.
We have repeatedly advised Tokai to improve the quality but there has
been no improvement.
Tokai does not make their guitars in a large quantity. Also, we obtain
a Tokai item through a supplier. We cannot choose a good one from a few
units. To sell a Tokai item bothers us.
Those are reasons why we do not sell a Tokai item at our stores.
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check out the pics here..



http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=5954&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15&sid=2635f0958c2e95a26bf4b9db15ea8626

ive played lots of china made hamers and gretchs and most of em look really good and felt good to play.
Are tokai MIJs losin it

[markthevirtuoso]

Oo nga. Kita ko rin yan. How sad.

[Al_Librero]

well, majority of current Tokai guitars are made in Korea, anyway.

[QBERT (BERT QUITEVEZ)]

Mga minor cosmetic defects, d maiiwasan talaga. Siguro my problema lang cla sa quality control, packaging and transport. but in fairness to Tokai guitars, maganda pa rin ang tone ng mga guitars nla.

   Pero syempre dapat gawan nla ng paraan ang mga minor flaws nla.

[pallas]

thats a lot of minor flaws on one guitar.