Tokai Silver Star SS-36

Über Tokai Silver Star SS-36

The SS-36 is the lowest Silver Star grade of 1978 to 1981, Tokai's seventies-style big-headstock Strat, with unstamped grey-bottom pickups (ceramic on some, for more grunt in a seventies model, and always wired with the leads outside the bobbin hole, a Tokai trait), no soldering plate, a bright sunburst seen on more than one 1979, and a four-piece body on a 1981. The wood is the same as the dearer grades, the difference being parts and finish, so a few upgrades take it a long way. The grade is stamped in the fretboard past the last fret, a stamp that has been altered to read 86 on at least one, since no SS-86 ever existed, and there is no grade below 36, so a guitar that looks cheaper has been modified. Owners date theirs from 1978 to 1981. A high E that slips off the board at the low frets is a setup fault before it is a fret fault: check that all six saddles sit level and contoured to the radius (a tilted saddle pushes the treble strings outward) and that the nut slot is not cut off-centre; only then think about a refret for worn fret ends.

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Für Tokai Silver Star SS-36 verlangen Verkäufer derzeit im Median 668 €, das sind 76 % mehr als die 380 €, für die das Modell tatsächlich verkauft wird (letzte 24 Monate, 8 erfasste Verkäufe; die meisten zwischen 370 € und 440 €). Aktuell gibt es 49 Inserate auf Reverb, eBay USA, eBay Deutschland, ab 355 €. Zahlen berechnet am 18. Oktober 2026 von Doirado aus Inseratsdaten mehrerer Marktplätze.

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The Silver Stars are held to be no lower in quality than the Springy Sounds or Goldstars, only different in spec, and the low grades like the SS-36 become great guitars with better hardware and pickups; the grey-bottom pickups are called awesome, and even a doctored SS-36 is called a great guitar with great grain. A 1979 SS36 rescued as a non-working parts guitar, stripped of knobs, covers and guard for a friend's SS80, was cleaned up and, low-end Tokai or not, plays and sounds better than most Fender SSS Strats its owner has tried; the owners' view is that the wood is quality and a change of hardware and pickups makes a winner.