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jd0272jd0272 Frets: 3867
.......... do yerself a favour, and go onto Ishibashi Music's site, and browse the Fender Japan category. Oof.

Want a Kotzen Tele? Several. Like offset's? In ye go. Want a Strat in Old Candy Apple Red? Nice...

Gibson Custom Shop? Pure porn. Want a used '57 LP Jnr SC? One one in there. 

Off to me shed for a gin and a smoke.
"You do all the 'widdly widdly' bits, and just leave the hard stuff to me."
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  • jd0272jd0272 Frets: 3867
    Or  a John Cruz built Telemaster in blonde? Go into the USA section of Fender. A man could hurt himself on that site.
    "You do all the 'widdly widdly' bits, and just leave the hard stuff to me."
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  • RaymondLinRaymondLin Frets: 11807
    If it aren't because the site needs google translate and slow to load, I'd probably be bankrupt by now shopping there!
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  • jd0272jd0272 Frets: 3867
    If it aren't because the site needs google translate and slow to load, I'd probably be bankrupt by now shopping there!
    Slow to load? Translate? My Mac is lightning quick and does the auto-translate-y thing.  :)

    I've been in the CS bit. I'm now theoretically skint...
    "You do all the 'widdly widdly' bits, and just leave the hard stuff to me."
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10337
    I keep off of it.

    The last 2 times I looked I ordered a guitar

    epic sit, great company. Nothing but love from me
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • jd0272jd0272 Frets: 3867
    Lots of bonny coloured offset's in the Fender Japan bit. 
    "You do all the 'widdly widdly' bits, and just leave the hard stuff to me."
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10337
    I know, I bought one :-)
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • RichardjRichardj Frets: 1538
    I think a little 'private time' might be in order for a look see.
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 22516
    edited March 2015
    If it aren't because the site needs google translate and slow to load, I'd probably be bankrupt by now shopping there!
    Yeah, even clicking on the "English" button there are so many mysterious links and incomprehensible bits of Japanese text all over the place, I find it quite intimidating.  Especially since I have no "feel" at all for what the Yen prices would be in Sterling.

    And there are so MANY guitars!  I don't know if they're all pictures of actual stock, or just illustrative of what might be available.

    It almost gives me a panic attack.

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  • TonyRTonyR Frets: 908
    edited March 2015
    I too find the site intimidating - I don't I'd think I'd be confident ordering anything.
    We are all Chameleons...
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  • DrJazzTapDrJazzTap Frets: 2157
    Ooooh, how much does the tax work out as? And obviously shipping and all that jazz.
    I would love to change my username, but I fully understand the T&C's (it was an old band nickname). So please feel free to call me Dave.
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  • 57Deluxe57Deluxe Frets: 7329
    I like the Bigsby Teles they often have scattered around...
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  • I can honestly say that there's nothing I want on that site... I NEED lots of things from there. One of my colleagues is off to Tokyo to see her family next week too. MUST. NOT. BUY. ANYTHING!
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  • jd0272jd0272 Frets: 3867
    Intimidates me not. Google currency calculator + 20% or so (and shipping) and yer set.

    Some lovelies in the Gibby CS bit :(
    "You do all the 'widdly widdly' bits, and just leave the hard stuff to me."
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  • jeztone2jeztone2 Frets: 2160
    Some of the translations are hilarious. Camcer Metallic Blue was my favourite. Ishibashi are amazing, many UK retailers could learn something from them Im sad to say
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    The Yen's a bit like Pesetas. It looks like a lot of money but once you've converted it into Sterling, it's surprisingly affordable.
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  • Dave_McDave_Mc Frets: 2324
    ^ Well it is now that the Yen has weakened a bit again. For a while there the Yen was very strong. Still not as good as it was (for us!) as it was back before the credit crunch, IIRC at one point a pound would buy you just about 250 yen at the absolute height of the pound's strength.
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  • LoobsLoobs Frets: 3831
    Link it up
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