Customs wait time?

savemejebus

Quick questions, my new edwards les paul custom has been in the grimy hands of customs since the 31st March and there is no sign of it being delivered. Is that sort of wait normal?

feylya

It should be released today. It all depends on how busy they are but it generally 2-3 days.

savemejebus

Cool, thanks feylya - i'll post some pics when i get it.

Voodu Child

Yeah, i'd expect it fairly shortly, shouldn't take more than a few working days. The odd time it'd enter and leave customs in the same day, other times i've seen it take nearly a week. They get backlogged same as anyone else.

Just keep tracking it via the anpost website and you'll see when it gets released. You should get it the same day if it gets released early in the day, otherwise the next day. And make sure there's someone at the delivery address with money to pay the customs charges.

savemejebus

just to update this got my guitar this morning. Cheers for the info last week feylya and voodoo_child. it helped stop me going mad

Dord

savemejebus wrote: »

just to update this got my guitar this morning.

No you didn't. I didn't see any pictures so it doesn't exist.

savemejebus

point taken. when i get home from work piccies will be forthcoming

savemejebus

As promised, pictures of my new arrival, apologies for the shaky camera work. Anyhoo, One brand spanking new Edwards Les Paul Custom E-LP-92CD VW. It sounds fecking amazing too .















And a picture of the new arrival with the rest of the family

sei046

Ok new amp....tele.....Edwards.....

Voodu Child

Nicely done. Edwards make some amazingly top-notch guitars.

Dord

VERY NICE!!! Great pictures.

The action looks super low on it! :eek:

savemejebus

Joe Robot wrote: »

VERY NICE!!! Great pictures.

The action looks super low on it! :eek:

It is surprisingly low but zero buzz, i was messing around on it last night through the microcube and EVERYTHING sounded good, even the mistakes (and trust me there were many). The neck is amazing as well. I'm so damn happy with this guitar.

Doctor J

Nice choice, that's a sweet looking guitar!

Dord

savemejebus wrote: »

It is surprisingly low but zero buzz, i was messing around on it last night through the microcube and EVERYTHING sounded good, even the mistakes (and trust me there were many). The neck is amazing as well. I'm so damn happy with this guitar.

You're not helping with my Edwards GAS, I'm thinking about getting the p90 LP Custom. :cool:

Sofaspud

That couch is fantastic!

And the wooden floor is seamless, I'm impressed. That's some good quality floormaking!

darrenw5094

Nice guitar....I have the Black John Sykes custom Les Paul.
I also have 2 Gibson Les Paul Standards and i can safely say that it's up there with them.....slightly better build quality from the Edwards than the Gibson and probably better hardware too.

Pity about the Toshiba HD DVD player......:D
Next port of call.....a Blu-Ray player.

darrenw5094

I have just noticed a possible change you should make straight away.

Your bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan SH-6.
They are the metal pickups for Seymour.
Great for just metal.....but very muddy for anything from clean guitar right up to rock.

Not knocking your new axe....it's amazing......i know because i have one similar with SH-6 pickups.

You should change that one SH-6 in the bridge position to a SH-4.
It's the best all rounder for most guitars. Pick them up from the US on ebay for about €50 all in with postage.

savemejebus

Joe Robot wrote: »

You're not helping with my Edwards GAS, I'm thinking about getting the p90 LP Custom. :cool:

Sorry no help here again but i've got to be honest. I had quite high expectations for the Edwards and they've actually been surpassed.

darrenw5094 wrote: »

Pity about the Toshiba HD DVD player......:D
Next port of call.....a Blu-Ray player.

It's ok, i had the blu-ray first just got the toshiba cheap for the free hd-dvds, wanted to see "The Thing" in high def.

darrenw5094 wrote: »

I have just noticed a possible change you should make straight away.

Your bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan SH-6.
They are the metal pickups for Seymour.
Great for just metal.....but very muddy for anything from clean guitar right up to rock...

I'll bear that in mind, i'm quite liking the sound at the minute but tis early days yet.

darrenw5094

Try out your new Edwards at home and then try something similar, if you can borrow a mates guitar and see what they sound like.

Ravelleman

Les Paul Customs should only come in one colour. Congratulations, you chose the right one. Looks awesome.

Dord

Ravelleman wrote: »

Les Paul Customs should only come in one colour. Congratulations, you chose the right one. Looks awesome.

:rolleyes:

It should be black. :pac: :pac: :pac:

Karl Hungus

White LP, Karl approves.

Very nice.