Gettin me a fender jazz

Frank Bullitt

right here is the scoop,its my bday this week and im gettin a nice present in the shape of a fender jazz,http://www.fender.com/news/news_images/75/snippet_75.jpg
id be lookin for something like that,sunburst and natural neck or this http://www.redpenguin.net/bandphotos/photos/Rage%20Against%20The%20Machine%20at%20Leeds%20Festival%2026-08-2000%2002.jpg
budget is about 1000 or so,iv checked thomann and they dont seem to have anything that i would be interedted in,anyone any help on where i could purchase on of these fine things?

Karl Hungus

Go here, and do a search for Fender Jazz, and you should come up with some nice results.

Voodu Child

Boards will have to start getting commission from ishi...

Frank Bullitt

hmmmm never thought of japan,whats it like ordering stuff from there,cant understand anything cause it is all question marks

Karl Hungus

Gintonious wrote:

hmmmm never thought of japan,whats it like ordering stuff from there,cant understand anything cause it is all question marks

Click where it says "For overseas Customers" and you can access translated pages.

I've gotten things from there before, you'll get a good deal.

feylya

I think everyone has gotten something from Ishi at this stage.

Frank Bullitt

cool,how long does delivery take?

Karl Hungus

Can be up to two weeks, but generally just a week.

Frank Bullitt

you serious?thats savage,cheers for putting me onto that site,what about that digimart site,they any use?

Quattroste

Just remember to add the vat and import tax to the final price(including shipping). You may get caught for it or you may get lucky. Still better than any Irish or EU dealers.

Voodu Child

Gintonious wrote:

you serious?thats savage,cheers for putting me onto that site,what about that digimart site,they any use?

Digimart is just a search engine thats linked to a bunch of different japanese retailers. Some of them export, some of them dont. Its anyones guess how good/reliable half of them are.

The whole thing with Ishibashi is that youve got a whole load of first hand experiences right here on this site.

Creamy Goodness

have to say buying from ishi was a lot easier than i expected it to be.

great email support from a guy called Ace - what a name - and he had brilliant english (better than my own) and the guitar came within a week.

strangely enough my guitar came with my regular postman on a bike :eek: and i wasn't charged customs duty and vat which i have accounted for but was very lucky to get away with it.

les-paul

Meet here a recent first time Ishibashi happy customer, I got a wonderful Edwards left LP. These are top Japanese bussinessmen, I got my guitar in a week wrapped in the most massive amount of bubble paper I´ve seen in my whole life.
I´d suggest emailing them and asking for a price quote including shipping. But if I remember correctly, they just stopped shipping Fender Japan overseas...

It wasn't me!

Only the new ones. You can still get mint condition second hand ones in the UBox.

Frank Bullitt

oh so the stuff on that site is second hand?

Karl Hungus

Gintonious wrote:

oh so the stuff on that site is second hand?

Yes it is. Sorry if that wasn't mentioned.

Frank Bullitt

ahh ill forgive ya,there are some nice basses indeed on that site though,is digimart a "no go" cause its not actually an online shop?

The_g-man

Only in the U-box section, the main ishibashi site is all new gear. Fender Japan are the main ones so far that aren't shipped new.For U-box orders, they are extremely honest about any minor scrapes and scratches on guitars, you can get very lucky with a top condition second hand model for sometimes half the price of new.

Frank Bullitt

its looking like ill go with ishibashi,they have the exact fender im looking for and its nearly exactly my budget with all the costs etc

Voodu Child

Gintonious wrote:

ahh ill forgive ya,there are some nice basses indeed on that site though,is digimart a "no go" cause its not actually an online shop?

As i said already, its just a search engine. When you see something you like, theres a link that gives you the contact details for that particular shop. Its anyones guess whether that particular shop is as export friendly as Ishibashi. More than likely, you wont find anyone who has dealt with that shop, so youre dealing blind.

Frank Bullitt

yeah its looking like ill go with isibashi,they the exact one(maybe not scratch plate) that im after and brand new over here its nearly 800 more so im a happy camper,gona order it later