Brian May from Queen uses a Tokai Hummingbird Acoustic on some recordings. In 1965 Tokai started making classical guitars and in 1968 started making the Hummingbird electric guitar models and in 1970 started making the Hummingbird Acoustic models. Tokai have also made a lot of Gibson and Martin Acoustic model replicas. Tokai have built a lot of Gibson and Fender replica models over the years such as the "Love Rock Model" and "Les Paul Reborn" Les Paul replicas and the "Springy Sound" Stratocaster replicas and the "BreezySound" Telecaster replicas. Tokai Guitars produces acoustic guitars, electric guitars, electric basses, autoharps, and melodicas. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana): Used a Fernandes neck with his Fender Stratocaster guitar as a replacement.Tokai Gakki Co., Ltd., often referred as Tokai Guitars Company Ltd., is a Japanese guitar manufacturer founded in 1947 and situated in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka perfecture.Todd Rundgren: Plays a Project P Fernandes named “Foamy”.Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver): Has his own signature model used the Sustainer at the beginning of “Slither”.Robert Trujillo (Black Label Society, Suicidal Tendencies, Metallica).Steve Jones (Sex Pistols): Used a Fernandes Burny Les Paul Custom.Mark Knopfler: Owns a blue strat from them, that was used on the sessions for the 1982 album, Love over Gold by his rock group Dire Straits.Kirk Hammett (Metallica): Used in the mid-1980s.Brad Gillis (Night Ranger): Used Fernandes signature model through the 1980s.Neal Schon (Journey): Fernandes Sustainer & signature model.Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie, Robert Smith, Ozzy Osbourne).In 1998 his main stage instrument was a white doubleneck with a 12-string electric guitar and bass. John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia): Used Fernandes basses throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.Steve Hackett (Genesis): Uses a Les Paul Black, a Les Paul Gold and a Burny Pink Strat.He still uses the original mainly, when playing old songs live. He changed the stock single coil bridge pickup to a humbucker and has had about 19 copies made. Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day): First electric guitar was a Fernandes Stratocaster copy known as “Blue”.Ed O’Brien (Radiohead): Uses a Fernandes Native Pro guitar.Often uses a Fernandes Sustainer, when playing “With or Without You”. The Edge (U2): Uses a Fernandes Decade Elite for “Discothèque” and several other songs on the Pop album.
James Iha (The Smashing Pumpkins): Used Fernandes Telecaster black with white pick-guard for the Adore album.Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins): Used Fernandes Jazzmaster sunburst for the Adore and Machina albums.Here are some famous people using Fernandes guitars:
Steve Miller in an Ibanez Artist guitar ad.įernandes is the parent company of Burny. Steve Miller ad for Ibanez Artist guitars
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