Ne connaissant véritablement ni Tokai ni Edwards (juste un essai d'un tokai à pigalle), j'ai posé la question à Ikebe et à Ishibashi qui m'ont répondu ceci :
Dear Frederic,Thank you for your e-mail. This is Noriko from internet sales department of
Ishibashi Musical Instruments.
The Edwards E-LP-90LTS in Tabacco Sunburst
The Tokai LS75VF
Frankly, as you know, the both models are copy and they have different sound to Gibson Les Paul.
On the shape, the Tokai guitar is more like than the ESP one.
International Sales Agent/Ishibashi WEB SHOP
web-shop@ishibashi.co.jp
Dear Mr. Frederic,Thank you for your reply.Do you like Slash?
His guitar is open-pickups and non-pick guard.
Tokai LS is near by appearance.
But, Maybe Edwards model is better sound than Tokai LS.
Edwards model is used seymour duncan Pickups(SH-1&SH-4B).
However, Slash sound is not only guitar sound also amplifier and any more.
Which do you like better?
Thank you,
IKEBE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS STORE CO.,LTD
Tokaï est donc plus proche du point de vue de la finition, et Edwards au niveau du son. J'imagine qu'ils savent de quoi ils parlent.