Tokai APB-101R Hard Puncher Bass Lake Placid Blue MIJ Alder/Rosewood w/Gig Bag

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A traditional P-style bass built for players who value authority, consistency, and musical fundamentals. You will receive the exact bass shown in the photos. This bass will receive a professional inspection and setup prior to shipping, dialed in with a comfortable medium action suitable for most players.

Professor's Notes

A great P-style bass does not need to announce itself — it needs to anchor the track with authority and focus. The Tokai Hard Puncher delivers that foundational voice with the kind of build quality, balance, and confidence-inspiring feel that makes a simple instrument feel anything but ordinary. Resonant alder construction, a rosewood fingerboard, and Tokai’s outstanding attention to detail come together in a bass built to hold the song together.

Description

The Tokai Hard Puncher is built around one of the simplest and most revealing bass designs ever created. A split-coil pickup, straightforward controls, and a solid alder body leave very little room to hide, which means the fundamentals have to be right: the wood, the neck feel, the fretwork, the resonance, the hardware, and the setup all matter immediately.

What makes the Hard Puncher compelling isn't novelty. It's refinement. Tokai has spent decades building instruments with a focus on the fundamentals: outstanding attention to detail, carefully selected materials, remarkably consistent construction, clean fretwork, stable hardware, and a playing experience that feels intentional rather than accidental.

The value here is not in adding more. It is in getting the fundamentals right. A great P-style bass depends on materials, construction, setup, and feel far more than features, and the simplicity of the design makes those qualities impossible to ignore.

A great P-style bass should feel direct, balanced, and authoritative without requiring effort from the player. The Hard Puncher delivers that familiar split-coil focus with the kind of stability and consistency that makes it easy to trust, whether you're locking in with a drummer, supporting a song, or pushing a band forward.

The alder body and rosewood fingerboard contribute to that character with a balanced, musical response that feels equally comfortable supporting a mix, driving a rock band, sitting beneath a singer-songwriter arrangement, or anchoring a modern recording session. The result is a bass that feels substantial without becoming heavy-handed, retaining clarity and note definition while delivering the punch and weight players expect from the platform.

Whether your style leans toward rock, indie, punk, alternative, blues, soul, pop, worship, or session work, the Hard Puncher provides a dependable foundation that rewards consistency, touch, and strong musical instincts.

Specifications

Model: Tokai Hard Puncher
Weight: 8 lbs 14 oz
Case: Padded Gig Bag
Nut width (measured): 1.66 in
12th fret width (measured): 2.25 in
1st fret depth (measured): 0.84 in
12th fret depth (measured): 0.96 in
Body: 2PC Alder
Body Type: APB Type / Flat Top
Neck: 1PC Maple
Fretboard: Slab Rosewood
Fretboard Radius: 7.25 - 10.25” Compound
Inlays: Ivory (Dots)
Scale Length: 34"
Nut Width: 1.57”
Nut Material: Bone
Profile & Thickness: “U”Shape / 1F:21.5mm 12F:25.0mm
Frets: 20
Pickup: GOTOH PB-Vintage MK3
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Capacitor: 473K 
Bridge: BB-VB Bridge
Tuners: GOTOH GB-10
Finish: Polyurethane
Color: Lake Placid Blue (LPB)
Strings: GHS BASS 045-105
Accessories: Hex Key 5.0mm,1.5mm

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