Tokai LC-235
guitar
Not enough sold data for a typical price — 7 sales on record all-time.
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About the Tokai LC-235
The LC235 is the Premium Series Les Paul Custom, the Black Beauty, of about 2018 to 2023: a one-piece mahogany body with a mahogany top, an ebony fretboard (the one difference from the LC230), gold hardware, nitrocellulose lacquer, unlabelled PAF MkII pickups, an 18-degree headstock, a warranty card carrying serial and model, and a Lifton-style hard case with pink lining; it was the highest Custom in the 2018 catalogue. Tokyo dealers take custom orders on it, one was built with silver hardware in place of the gold, and dealer-exclusive KLC variants exist. Owners date theirs from 2018 to 2021. Buying from one of the big Japanese stores is far cheaper, one LC235 came in under £1,800 new against about £2,800 in the UK, and the Tokyo dealers take custom orders, six months and full payment up front for one; whether a new guitar comes with a hard case is often the store's cost choice rather than Tokai's, and factory-direct orders are possible with patience.
For sale right now
The best-priced as cards, a row of them; every other ad as a line, by ask. Each ask is the seller’s own number; the platform’s mark opens the listing. Each one says when we last confirmed it at its source: the price and availability are from that visit, so check the marketplace before you go.
Nothing live right now on the platforms we track.
Recent sales by listing date
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 2025 | €1,818$2,041 as sold | excellent |  United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Apr 2024 | €1,898$2,200 as sold | new |  Indonesia | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Apr 2023 | €1,428$1,600 as sold | excellent |  United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Oct 2022 | €1,812$2,100 as sold | new | Indonesia | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Dec 2021 | €1,166$1,303 as sold | new |  Japan | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in September 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Show all 7 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Dec 2019 | €1,163$1,304 as sold | new | Japan | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Dec 2018 | €1,110$1,246 as sold | new | Japan | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in September 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
What owners have said elsewhere
Paraphrased from 10 discussion threads among 19 owners, 2022-2026. No names, nothing quoted.
It plays like a dream and is one of the nicest guitars its owner has; another calls a wine-red one a marvellous thing; asked whether the top-end LC models are as good as people say, owners answer yes, better than production-line Gibsons, comparable to a Custom Shop, flawless, and one player has an LC235 as the main guitar. The stock PAF MkII neck pickup sits flush with or slightly below its ring from the factory, and running it low is normal; it is also the part owners cannot settle with, muddy, hot, prone to feedback, and the MkII is called Tokai's one weak point. Replacements argued over: Seth Lovers (smooth and articulate to one, too Gretsch-like to another), Bare Knuckle Mules, Gibson 57 Classics, Duncan Antiquities, OX4 low-winds and Area 59s; one owner swapped the Orange Drop caps for bumblebees.