I gas, therefore I am (in debt)

feylya

I am now in the Ishibashi buyers club.



This is a Fujigen OS6 with circle frets. Fujigen are the folks that make the Ibanez J machines Anyone know how long shipping takes?

Oh, Ancient1, that's 2 guitars I've bought before my custom arrives. So, kebabs are on you, yeah?

Karl Hungus

Shipping should take about a week.

Looks nice, I'd say it's an extremely well crafted piece of kit, what kinda pups are on it?

feylya

No idea I'm getting it for less than a Mex strat

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

No idea I'm getting it for less than a Mex strat

Sweet. Grabbed it from the U-Box or what?

feylya

Yessir

Karl Hungus

Speaking of the U-Box, I just spotted this absolute beauty:



I'm in love!

Pity it's about €2600 though.

feylya

Jesus, you need a slap. That's vile!

Doctor J

What, may I ask, are circle frets?

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Jesus, you need a slap. That's vile!

Ah come on, it has a certain charm to it, no? It's like a piece of victorian furniture, but it's a guitar!

feylya

At every fret, the string meets the fret at a right angle. It's for perfect intonation...

http://www.fujigen.co.jp/feature/CFS_eng.asp

Doctor J

I see. Very good.

Karl Hungus

That seems like a very interesting idea. Somewhat like fanned frets, but not as extreme.

feylya

Aye, pretty much. Should be good

Rustar

Looks like it could be Gandalf's guitar, maybe seen on the cover of his greatest hits CD, "Rockin' with thah Hobbits".

Ancient1

feylya wrote:

I am now in the Ishibashi buyers club.

So I'm MIA for a few weeks and this is what happens?

feylya wrote:

Oh, Ancient1, that's 2 guitars I've bought before my custom arrives. So, kebabs are on you, yeah?

Oh yeah? Don't make me pick up the phone and tell Mustafa what you were saying about his little sister.

feylya

Ya see, you shouldn't leave us unsupervised. The Doc leaves the forum and you're MIA. What did you expect?

And she's a lovely girl...

Ancient1

The Fujigen strat is a lovely girl (subject to my QA of course), but Mustafa's sister....

Johnny Storm

feylya wrote:

... The Doc leaves the forum and ...

:eek: I don't remember that memo !!!!

feylya

Ancient1, you ain't getting your hands on it

Johnny, there was no memo.

Rustar

Thank you, Feylya, for your scintillating and brilliant expose of the situation for We the Curious. NOT!

Johnny Storm

I'm thinkin' Dr J is working for Chrisguitars fulltime now.

Rustar

Or permanently locked in his room with beer, whiskey, a CD player, and his new green bass.

Nice piece of guitar there, feylya!

feylya

Danke. Got payment confirmation this morning.

Don1

Nice axe <-just to keep on topic



No that that's out of the way, where's the Doc gone?

feylya

He has better things to be doing than looking after you kids

Don1

Heh.




Come to think of it I have better things to be doing than pestering everyone on here with my inane questions, like, would any p-bass scratchplate fit my '77 or should I be careful that there are the same ammount of holes and in the same places et.

feylya

To your own thread! (it needs to match...)

Doctor J

Don1 wrote:

where's the Doc gone?

They bastards finally made me do some work

Johnny Storm

Doctor J wrote:

They bastards finally made me do some work

My sympathies;)
Sincere thanks for your patience and willingness to share your knowledge over the years.

Doctor J

Ha ha ha, I'll still be around, cheers Johnny, I just don't have enough time to devote to being mod anymore, just got 9-5 work, 6-12 studio work, getting a band together and writing tunes and a tonne of other stuff going on so something had to give. This place is top heavy with mods as it is ;D . I'll hang around until I finally see Hungus play some of his gear at a gig

Karl Hungus

Doctor J wrote:

I'll hang around until I finally see Hungus play some of his gear at a gig

Ah that's good, you'll be around for another few years at least so.

Voodu Child

Nice guitar there..any more info on these fujigen strat copies? Are they well regarded? Vintage spec? etc

fish-head

Very nice Feylya. I used to dislike strats but my friend left his 50th anniversary jap in my house and we're getting on quite well.

Don1

Fey,

I was just using that as an example of how idiotic the questions might get. I did know that already, but thanks anyway. :rolleyes:

Johnny Storm

Isn't FujiGen the same place that makes the CIJ Fenders too?
Anyway its a very nice looking guitar. Please let us know how the circle frets work out.

feylya

Yessir, same factory/company. I know Don1 The circle frets will be interesting...

Don1

Feck, the sooner the better somebody invents a sarcasm detector add-in for v-bulletin the better!!

feylya

Sarwhatnow?

Anyways, my guitar apparently is still in Toyko and hasn't moved since Sunday

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Anyways, my guitar apparently is still in Toyko and hasn't moved since Sunday

That sounds scarily familiar.

feylya

Update: She's in Ireland I really hope it doesn't come tomorrow though.

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Update: She's in Ireland I really hope it doesn't come tomorrow though.

Good stuff man, I was worried there for a second. It was starting to sound like what happened with my J Custom, what with the last update being in Tokyo for so long before being declared missing.

feylya

Who handles EMS's packages in Ireland? I'm gonna guess it's An Post seeing as the package is in PTL (Portlaoise?)

Karl Hungus

I don't know, my guitar went to customs and I got a letter out in the post to pay duties and pick it up.

Doctor J

feylya wrote:

Who handles EMS's packages in Ireland? I'm gonna guess it's An Post seeing as the package is in PTL (Portlaoise?)

An Post. You should have it tomorrow if it's in customs today.

Don1

feylya wrote:

I really hope it doesn't come tomorrow though.

Is the house not clean or something?! Oooh burn, or not. Bleh.

Voodu Child

If its been through customs and ready for delivery, it should say something like IVS at some stage tomorrow (IN VAN SCAN), which means its in a van and will be delivered at whatever time he passes near you on his route. If youre not home it goes to the depot and you have to pick it up.

You should know by the tracking info if it went through customs. If it did, youll have to pay the delivery man, or pay at the depot if you miss the delivery.

feylya

IT went through customs The reason I don't want it tomorrow is because I'll be away at a particular gig...

feylya

I just had a look at the tracking thingy and my guitar spent 11 minutes in customs. Bit quick isn't it?

Kenny_D

They just look at the form. If it needs a feee they calculate it. Wouldnt imagine it takes that long. Also An Post tracking isnt great so I wouldnt believe what it says completely. Last time I had a guitar delivered it stated online that the delivery to my house was made which it wasnt. I rang the depot and the driver dropped it at the depot without attempting delivery. Had to go down and pay customs fees and pick up my guitar.

feylya

OK, this is bull****. It took three days to get from Toyko to Portlaoise. Assuming they won't deliver on Saturday or Sunday, it'll have taken 5 days to get from Portlaoise...

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

OK, this is bull****. It took three days to get from Toyko to Portlaoise. Assuming they won't deliver on Saturday or Sunday, it'll have taken 5 days to get from Portlaoise...

G'wan the Irish postal service! Ye's are feckin' CHAMPS!!! :rolleyes:

Christ, I feel your pain though.