Ishibashi Prices

Fingers Mcginty

Can't belive the Gibson Les Paul prices on the website. Was looking at a LP classic and it's going for 118,000 Yen which equates to 850Euro. With customs on top it would work out close to a grand. Am i right??....really cheap eh?

Doctor J

Add about €120 for shipping, maybe €250 tax and import duty and you're safe. Yes, it's a lot cheaper than that place on Georges street :v:

LundiMardi

Doctor J wrote:

Add about €120 for shipping, maybe €250 tax and import duty and you're safe. Yes, it's a lot cheaper than that place on Georges street :v:

The George?.... Oh wait you mean the arcade don't ya?

Fingers Mcginty

excellent....those classics are 1700 smackers up my neck of the woods. I think i'll have to get one. At that price you can't go wrong eh?....so you think 850+250tax ??

Doctor J

850 + shipping + tax

Check the import duty calculator in the instrument resources sticky. It'll give you a pretty accurate figure.

Fingers Mcginty

still cheap...no information on date of manufacture or anything like that. IS there any way to translate the whole page into English?

Johnny Storm

I dont know about the translations. Its also hard to link to a page on Ishibashi. I suggest you drop them an email at web-shop@ishibashi.co.jp and ask them any specific questions. They're very helpful.

Fingers Mcginty

Ok...just sent them a maill. Will let yiz know how i get on.

Maccattack

I was thinking of getting a Gibson ES335 from them, but it didnt seem that much cheaper than buying fron Thomann.

Maybe i mis calculated.

Fingers Mcginty

True enough. Just priced an SG STD and on Thomann it's roughly 1320 all in. Same guitar from Japan comes in at 1390 incl shipping/taxes....2nd hand stuff seems like a good deal though from Japan. Never bought a guitar without picking it up first but at their prices it's so tempting.

Johnny Storm

New guitars that are made in Japan like Ibanez and Fender Japan are probably cheaper from Ishibashi. USA-made guits are not so cheap.

Voodu Child

Exactly. Their PRS's cost a fortune. Generally, the more peoples hands something passes through, the more youre gonna pay..

I not interested in gibsons enough to check the US prices, but id imagine thats where youd get the best value, if it wasnt for the fact that youd be paying tax twice...similarly, youd get a marshall much cheaper in the uk than thomann (compare gak.co.uk to thomann)

Fingers Mcginty

well someone pinched the les paul classic i was interested in. Then i was looking at a STD ...someone snatched it up. I then went down to a music store and picked up a Les Paul and realized i didn't want one as much as i thought. I picked up a Yamaha SB1000 and it's twice the guitar for 1/2 the price. I'm getting one of those!!!

Johnny Storm

Fingers Mcginty wrote:

...a Yamaha SB1000 and it's twice the guitar for 1/2 the price. I'm getting one of those!!!

Makes sense to me . Go for it (and dont forget the pix. :rolleyes: )

Voodu Child

If thats an sg1000 youre talking about, theyre a grand guitar, big slab of mahongany, maple cap, very well made, cant really go wrong. Santana used them for a while, pre his PRS days

Fingers Mcginty

Yeah...sorry meant Sg1000. I've one on the way from Japan as we speak.
Will post the pics as soon as i get her.

david

How much is the SG1000 workin out at? is it MIJ?

Fingers Mcginty

including postage and the proabability of customs ....around 750 yo yos
25 year old instrument.

Fingers Mcginty

yeah it's japanese