It's On The Way!

It'll be in my house next monday! I've killed myself to get this, and it's gonna be so worth it. 45 hour weeks for the last 3, and wiping my bank balance. Already drooling!

daram

I got one last week. It's a sweet deal.

Same finish?

daram

Nah im only messing. knew you'd wanted it for ages. nice guitar.

david

Sehks... did you get res at dcu emmett? You better bring it! I'll bring my new BEAST of an ENGL... and my SG of course...

It wasn't me!

Í'm bringing the ould Les Paul and my Warwick. lease excuse the typoes, stupid crappy spanisg keyboard.

James Hunt

45 hour weeks! :eek:

For 3 weeks!

must be some guitar...

david

James Hunt wrote:

45 hour weeks! :eek:

For 3 weeks!

must be some guitar...

Jesus what are they paying you! like €4 an hour?!

€7.50 for the first 36 hours
€11.25 afterwards

still haven't got res, but am working on it daily.
Do not be afraid this guitar will show up at DCU.

and i had to work the long hours cause i've only got the job for 3 weeks total.

Voodu Child

45 hour weeks ? Part-timer...... try 60...

i would, but they send me home when there's no work left, I'm not allowed stay in the office after everyone's gone home, cause i'm only a temp.

got this on friday, it plays amazingly! Couldn't post up pics as i had no camera. the finish is very different from the one on the site, the one on ishibashi needs more light. I've played it so much that i've hurt my wrist so now i cant play for a couple of days

Here it is anyway!



and old and new

Ancient1

Very nice man! Congrats!

Quite similar to my Thinline.

david

Schweet. Not my cupáb tae really but its a lovely guitar

when i worked out the final price i almost shat myself. Got that lovely case with it too. Total i paid (it came through customs without a hitch, i have no idea how it could have! you should see the box it came in) was 106,000 japaneese yen.
which rounds off at €795.
Broke down as;
Guitar €540
Case €120
Shipping €135.

Looking at a similar guitar in Ireland, with same hardcase would have been something like this.
Guitar- €1280 (musickmaker don't have any other irish shops to compare it with)
Hard Case - €160

Irish Total = €1440
Japanese total = €795
_______________________
Saving= €645


Crazy.

Karl Hungus

That is ****ing nice, Emmet! I saved myself around 300 buying my Ibanez from guitarbargains.com compared to other places. I'm happy

if i had have bought 2 guitars from there, it would have meant that i could have bought a third for the price ot two here, and still have plenty of change left over.

3 japaneese guitars for teh price of 2 irish ones.

Ishibashi for life!

Karl Hungus

I was very tempted by the J Customs on Ishibashi, I must say. Oh well, I doubt I'll have any money to get any of those any time soon.

Voodu Child

Wow very nice...

Im really interested to hear how you got on dealing with ishibashi, I was thinking of getting a J custom from them, but couldnt make head nor tails of their website..

How long did it take to get over here?
Also, did you have to pay any import duty or anything?

Voodu Child

Karl Hungus wrote:

That is ****ing nice, Emmet! I saved myself around 300 buying my Ibanez from guitarbargains.com compared to other places. I'm happy

Holy Crap! Id never heard of guitarbargains.com before...

A JEM7VWH for 1800 odd euros?!!!

Sweet F****ing Jesus!!! Im getting one...

Thanks fer that Karl, you say you got an Ibanez off them, no problems dealing with them?

Karl Hungus

voodoo_child wrote:

Holy Crap! Id never heard of guitarbargains.com before...

A JEM7VWH for 1800 odd euros?!!!

Sweet F****ing Jesus!!! Im getting one...

Thanks fer that Karl, you say you got an Ibanez off them, no problems dealing with them?

Myself and Feylya have both ordered from them before without any problems, and they accept payment via paypal, so all is well. Shipping VIA UPS meant my guitar got to me in 2 working days. Well worth it.

Voodu Child

Thats excellent. Thoman have the Jem for like 2400 (and I thought they were cheap), and i was afraid of getting stung by customs if I got one from the states (having 21% thrown onto the price cuts away at a lot of the savings sometimes).

Christ, I was even going to buy a 2nd hand Jem for close to that price recently..

Thanks for that tip man...

Karl Hungus

I was looking at a UV777 for €1500 (€2050 on Thomann) on there before I decided to go for the RG1527 at a mere €660(€935 on Thomann), there's definetly some amazing prices there, and definetly preferable to buying from the States.

voodoo_child

voodoo_child wrote:

Wow very nice...

Im really interested to hear how you got on dealing with ishibashi, I was thinking of getting a J custom from them, but couldnt make head nor tails of their website..

How long did it take to get over here?
Also, did you have to pay any import duty or anything?

i used the pictures to navigate the site, found the guitar i wanted and then e-mailed ishibashi asking for a price incluidng shipping. Got an e-mail back, prices and methods for payment.
A link to a secure page for entering credit card details and you also had to reply to the e-mail with shipping details etc.
I ordered on a saturday morning, and it was here the next friday. Mine got through customs without a bother, so i got off scot free. The delivery guy (EMS) told me that i was one lucky ****er cause it was blatantly obvious what it was!

Voodu Child

Karl Hungus wrote:

I was looking at a UV777 for €1500 (€2050 on Thomann) on there before I decided to go for the RG1527 at a mere €660(€935 on Thomann), there's definetly some amazing prices there, and definetly preferable to buying from the States.

Hmm...theyve no Jems in stock, could be as long as a month before they get them...bummer.

And about emmets posts....i guess you got lucky getting through customs without paying duty...does anyone else have any experience of this? I wonder if you DO get stung, do they charge your 21% on the cost price, or the Irish value...cos if I got a lovely J custom from ishibahsi, f**k knows what the Irish value would be... Any one any comments?

Ravelleman

Deleted User wrote:

i used the pictures to navigate the site, found the guitar i wanted and then e-mailed ishibashi asking for a price incluidng shipping. Got an e-mail back, prices and methods for payment.
A link to a secure page for entering credit card details and you also had to reply to the e-mail with shipping details etc.
I ordered on a saturday morning, and it was here the next friday. Mine got through customs without a bother, so i got off scot free. The delivery guy (EMS) told me that i was one lucky ****er cause it was blatantly obvious what it was!

Happened to me too - 150euro saved!

On another note: you and I have a mutual friend in the form of Iain B.

He was telling me about a friend who got an interesting Tele, and following a brief discussion it turned out to be you. It's a small world.

Johnny Storm

voodoo_child wrote:

Hmm...theyve no Jems in stock, could be as long as a month before they get them...bummer.

And about emmets posts....i guess you got lucky getting through customs without paying duty...does anyone else have any experience of this? I wonder if you DO get stung, do they charge your 21% on the cost price, or the Irish value...cos if I got a lovely J custom from ishibahsi, f**k knows what the Irish value would be... Any one any comments?

VAt and duty on the Total cost (ie the total cost shown on the paperwork which equals cost of guitar plus cost of shipping plus cost of insurance plus cost of anything else that may be on teh paperwork)

Voodu Child

Johnny Storm wrote:

VAt and duty on the Total cost (ie the total cost shown on the paperwork which equals cost of guitar plus cost of shipping plus cost of insurance plus cost of anything else that may be on teh paperwork)

Thanks.

That sucks paying vat and duty on shipping and insurance though doesnt it?
:mad:

Johnny Storm

voodoo_child wrote:

Thanks.

That sucks paying vat and duty on shipping and insurance though doesnt it?
:mad:

(entering Eamonn Dunphy-style rant mode)
Its ****ing totally mad. How the **** can you inport shipping?, how can you import insurance?. Only a small proportion of the ****ing shipping and insurance even happens in this poxy country.......
The only thing madder is that its probably still way cheaper than buying the same thing in a shop in Ireland. Not that that is any excuse for our rip-off government.