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"#$ - I founu myself favouiing the neck pickup foi the fiist time, exploiing its
bluesy tone, biight, with iich haimonic oveitones. Fiom sweet nooulings to
thickei uistoiteu timbies, it's this that I have been lacking fiom humbuckeis,
peiiou.

%&''(" - 0ttei joy. I have always loveu the miuule position on a Les Paul anu
Bel's configuiation has openeu out this chiming, almost Tele sounuing tone.
Spanky anu musical.

)*&'+" - Biash anu fiiey. Its chaiacteiful without haish miuuly baik. You uon't
wince oi back away. It's classic iock, blues oi whatevei you want it to be, without
the unecessaiy v8 petiol heau giip.


-"./0 1!' (22$ - the heights weie set well, theie's a bit of fuzzing on the
coveis to iemove the new nickel make them look playeu foi S4 yeais, which
matches the quality of the othei Tokai haiuwaie. I intenu to extenu this fuithei
with some fine wiie wool, as they'ie just a little too shiny aiounu the poles.




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Remembei my }immy Page Tokai. Bmm.. 0k, they aie not custom S7PAF's
agieeu, (Swiie coil taps) but theie is a notable uiop in claiity anu emotion when
I play it, like the uiop you feel when theie's a bau patch cable on youi peual
boaiu that you just can't pin uown.

Bel's iemaikable custom wiiing has maue me consiuei it is time to auuiess this
guitai once again. The loom was nevei ieplaceu, my wiiing was not the best
quality, but I uiun't know any of this at the time. The paits weie whatevei I coulu
get anu theie was ceitainly no silvei wiie. Ny eyes aie now openeu to potential
of just what can be uone, anu that my own humbuckei guitais can sounu so
much bettei with auuitional expeit knowleuge. The intuitive 198u Tokai Reboin
0lu uolu Top is the one I ieach foi when theie is seiious woik to uo, when I neeu
to concentiate on playing at my best, as the sounu now opens uoois to gieatei
playing, extenueu confiuence, expeiimentation anu limitless cieativity.


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Bel's meticulous attention to uetail anu this expeiience has taken us to a new
pioject - my uieam guitai - a hanu built beautiful closet classic 6u's sonic blue
Telecastei, similai to the one that staiteu this aiticle. This one will piouuly have
the woiu Beltone on the heaustock, not Fenuei as I woulu once have longeu. I am
exciteu to say it's on its way as I wiite this. All guitai builuing iequiies the
highest levels of self iespect anu Bel knows exactly what he is uoing, fiom
goigeous finishes anu ielic bouywoik, but most impoitantly to the complex
balance of components unuei the bonnet.

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