ishibashi

johnboy8

i have heard some good things about this store.can anyone tell me about it(prices are they cheaper than thomann and the like,do you have to pay import tax and the like)thanks

Creamy Goodness

great store, a lot of people have bought from there, myself included.

you do have to pay import tax yes, i didn't though because my postman was half asleep when he delivered it at 7am no less, but expect to pay it and don't ask is there how to avoid it as it's frowned upon here

Voodu Child

You've got to remember, shipping stuff from Japan costs a lot.

Thomann ship orders over e200 for free, so whether isibashi is 'cheaper' or not depends on what you're buying. It's great for Japanese guitars - Fender Japan, Edwards, Ibanez, all that kind of stuff. And it has a second-hand section which will obviously have a great range of Japanese stuff, at great prices.

Killaqueen!!!

I've yet to order from them but when I do I'll let ya know how I got on. Read the musical instruments resources thread (it's a sticky) and it'll have information on them. I think the man above me kindly wrote it!

Karl Hungus

Killaqueen!!! wrote:

(it's a sticky)

Only because Feylya doesn't wash his hands afterwards.

darrenw5094

Are these prices for real.

PRS guitars for 420.
What currency are these guys on?

Are these guitars the real deal or fake like www.fairy66.com ?

feylya

It's Japanese Yen Darren. 420,000 Yen which is about €3500

And that fairy site is one for the fairies...

darrenw5094

I have seen Gibson Les Paul Faded 50's neck on Thomann.de for €1666

How come this model is that price but the other standards are up to €3000.

Voodu Child

darrenw5094 wrote:

I have seen Gibson Les Paul Faded 50's neck on Thomann.de for €1666

How come this model is that price but the other standards are up to €3000.

Only suckers pay e3000 for Gibsons.

The faded can be had on Ishibashi for e1350 odd (all in, shipping customs etc) Brand new.
http://1484.bz/c/28348/

darrenw5094

What is the difference with the faded and the €3000 model?

Voodu Child

darrenw5094 wrote:

What is the difference with the faded and the €3000 model?

What e3000 model? Standards can be had for 1 or 2 hundred quid more....Someone who is more into Gibsons than will probably tell you the cheapest place for them.

Personally i'd go for an Edwards LP.

darrenw5094

How do i buy an Edwards from that Japanese site......don't understand the lingo.

The price is in yen including tax. Does that mean Irish customs tax & shipping or what?

Fingers Mcginty

I've seen LP customs and 335's on that site for as little as 1500 Euro in comparison to upwards of 3K here. They are excellent to deal with. You'll normally pay around 18,000 yen for shiping and also expect to pay around 25% taxation when it arrves on the Emerald isle. If the value of the guitar is over 650 Euro then customs will most likely hold on to it until you get a customs clearing agent to sort things out for you. You pay them the tax and they send your axe.:cool: If it's lower in value you normally pay the postman. ...My experiences anyways ...Damn when do i get my 3rd star.....500?

DeadSkin

darrenw5094 wrote:

How do i buy an Edwards from that Japanese site......don't understand the lingo.

Email them, the address is in the resource thread, put international order in the subject field.
Just tell them what model/s you are interested in and they'll get back to you in a couple of days.
The mail they usually send back has all the relevant information required, ie. how to pay, shipping costs etc.......

darrenw5094

What is the difference between the Laquer Taste series and the Original series of Lp's by edwards.

By the way check out www.guitarjapan.com

Seems much cheaper than the above for Edwards......

johnboy8

yea,thanks seems like a bit of bother to get them from japan might just stick with the germans.

Dord

Not really much of a bother, Ishi are great to deal with. The guitar should arrive in about a week of them sending it. You have online tracking too.

The beauty is that you can pick up some sweet guitars that you can't normally buy here.

johnboy8

joe robot wrote:

Not really much of a bother, Ishi are great to deal with. The guitar should arrive in about a week of them sending it. You have online tracking too.

The beauty is that you can pick up some sweet guitars that you can't normally buy here.

thanks might give it a go,i just got put of with the site when i went on first.,trying to get an english page.

Killaqueen!!!

^ Don't let it put you off that they're site is in Japanese. (And when translated it is translated poorly). But after surfing they're website for so long you'll get used to it!

ANarcho-Munk

So let me get this straight...

If i want to order a guitar off Ishibashi I will have to pay 25% import tax on the price of the guitar before shipping?

I'm thinking of ordering a japanese Fender Jazzmaster which sells for €567 including shipping and with 25% import tax that'd be €708.


Is that right?

Killaqueen!!!

From what I know, you get the price of the guitar that ishibashi is selling (Remember, it will be WITHOUT the 5% sales tax. So if there's two prices, you'll be paying the one written in black). You add 16,000-18,000JPY for shipping. Then add 25% on the total cost.

Creamy Goodness

shipping is liable for tax too.

Voodu Child

Killaqueen!!! wrote:

From what I know, you get the price of the guitar that ishibashi is selling (Remember, it will be WITHOUT the 5% sales tax. So if there's two prices, you'll be paying the one written in black). You add 16,000-18,000JPY for shipping. Then add 25% on the total cost.

That's it, bang on.

The 25% is only a rough figure, because there's import duty (3.x%) and also VAT(21%), and you pay both on the guitar and import duty on the shipping (or something like that...). And usually a handling fee to anpost of a couple of Euro.

But anyway, anytime i've worked it out, 25% is near enough bang on.

Dord

Cremo wrote:

shipping is liable for tax too.

This is true, shipping is considered a service and is also liable for tax.

Its safe to say that just add on 16,000Y (shipping approx) onto the black figure you see on the site. get 25% of combined figure, add that on. Go to www.XE.com, convert from JPY to EUR and bobs your uncle. That figure is going to be nearly exactly what you will pay in total. I was about €20 out on my calculations because I didn't factor in the shipping in the VAT+customs.

Edit: sorry, still in work mode...I was using $.....hahaa damn currencies...