I’m sure many of you have become aware of shijie guitars , those that haven’t check out the YouTube vids.
Well I was intrigued by them and looked into getting one in the uk but the price seemed high at $780 plus $180 shipping or so.
So I contacted them and for 24 pieces the price drops considerably as will shipping.
So.........anyone interested in a group buy?
Get 24 of us together, place an order and distribute the guitars out from here. I haven’t looked too deeply into final price but guitar alone comes in at £500 ish (for ste model) plus a bit for taxes and shipping. I of course will get firmer details and prices if enough folks are interested and take it from there.
any interest?
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And they do go in for those horrible crumbly gingerbread necks in a big way don't they?
I can't wait 'til that silly fad is over.
These are to Fender / Suhr what Eastman is to Gibson.
http://www.enxiguitars.com/product11.html
I don't see 24 buyers for such guitars
Don't think there is necessarily anything wrong with them - But considering, most/many have never heard of them and the market place is already over saturated with good options, then based on the 'Dragon's Den' quote 'I'm out'
Remember 'plus a bit for tax/shipping' - it is effectively 25% including vat
For one thing I can't see 6 people here wanting one let alone 24 people, but also ...... how would you determine who got which one when they turned up? Out of 24 there's probably at least 2 great ones and three complete turkeys. I think that everyone would want pick of the litter.
edit: Just been to the website and they do look rather nice. Still a no from me though!
http://www.enxiguitars.com/product11.html
I recall a time when I worked for Academy of Sound and we created our own 'brand' of Far Eastern copies to compete with the likes of Squier, Yamaha Pacifica and I suppose Epiphone - We ordered around a 1000 guitars - You'd probably find 10% , so 100, needed serious work to make them playable, or indeed some were beyond repair and only suitable as parts
Would be interesting to find out how many such guitars sit in Thomann's warehouse - I know the JHS warehouse in Leeds has many such Vintage models
if there happened to be 23 other people like me (maybe less if a couple of people fancied more than 1 guitar) we place an order for the guitars we want, pay, wait, receive, play!!!
if there are not enough to initiate the discounted rate then I don’t order anything - pretty simple really.
what won’t happen is someone gets left with the dregs that no one else wanted. You want a blue one, you order and receive and pay for a blue one. You want an HSS, same deal. There may be 2 identical species guitars ordered, true but then who gets which is fairly easy to sort out and the chances of one being awesome and the other being shite are quite slim.
happy to let a more established poster take on the role, it’s not hard. Liase with shijie and place an order based on the forum members requirement.
The scheme sounds like a lot of hassle to save a few hundred quid. If you want one of these guitars so much why not just order one at the normal asking price and let us know how good it is?
And chill out, people aren't interested. Don't start spouting that arse gravy you're so annoyed by.
If I sold my house I reckon we could negotiate a serious discount with the proceeds of sale. This time next year, we could all be millionaires!
Who’s in?
@gazrichards - Look up the EUGG Facebook group, or get hold of @wizbit81 on here, and see if you can work something out between you. Can't guarantee it, obviously, but worth a try
That guitar manufacturer, never heard of them before, but they cant be serious cos they dont make a Tele.