cant wait....

sei046 · 22-09-2005 3:45pm #1

She is on her way as of this morning

Doctor J · 22-09-2005 3:51pm

Oooooooh that's a spicy meatball. Another member for the Tokai gang, eh?

Voodu Child · 22-09-2005 3:52pm

Ooooh, lovely.....Where ya getting her from?

kennier · 22-09-2005 3:52pm

Very tasty! That quilt finish (I think) is georgous. Maybe this place should be renamed 'the Tokai room'?!

sei046 · 22-09-2005 3:55pm

and its all thanks to you gassy geezers. Ishabishi is sending it for me. cant wait. will be guitar 10 i think

Voodu Child · 22-09-2005 4:02pm

Ishibashi are the sh*ts, theyl have that thing on a plane quicker than youd believe. Provided theres no hold ups in customs (shouldnt be on a guitar that cheap) youll have that baby within a week. Congrats

sei046 · 22-09-2005 4:04pm

thats great to hear. cannot wait. hopefuly customs dont bloody ride me for it. next guitar mite be jcootes strat. been eyein them for a while

Johnny Storm · 22-09-2005 4:10pm

Very, very nice finish. Enjoy it!

As regards customs, IMHO you should count on having to pay.

sei046 · 22-09-2005 4:11pm

well its about 700 roughly so it shoudnt be more than around 200 right?

Johnny Storm · 22-09-2005 4:19pm

its 25.5% so on 700 that would be 178

sei046 · 22-09-2005 4:22pm

so roughly what...175 or so?

Voodu Child · 22-09-2005 4:22pm

Well a ball park figure is just a quarter of the (cost of guitar+shipping). Thats only rough, but basically, if you cant afford to pay that dont get the guitar.

A lad here got a guitar, a tele i think, about the same price as yours i think, from Ishibashi, and got away scot free, but sure, even if you do get stung, it wont be too much.

Post pics when you get it!

sei046 · 22-09-2005 4:23pm

cool. now its less than 700 but cant remember. 650 or somethin. i dont mind the extra few bob. its spose to be damn good

Voodu Child · 22-09-2005 4:25pm

Ishibashi didnt even charge my credit card for the J-custom until well over a month after I got the damn thing, so that should help if you do get stung by customs.

sei046 · 22-09-2005 4:28pm

thats another bone i have to pick with bloody boards. u guys have me gassing for J customs and i hate them as a rule. i dunno why. Well is 25.5 not the max they can charge me?

Voodu Child · 22-09-2005 4:53pm

sei046 wrote:

u guys have me gassing for J customs and i hate them as a rule. i dunno why

U dont know why? maybe its the lousy fretwork....

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/vairish/image0010.jpg
That ones mine

22-09-2005 4:59pm

voodoo_child wrote:

Well a ball park figure is just a quarter of the (cost of guitar+shipping). Thats only rough, but basically, if you cant afford to pay that dont get the guitar.

A lad here got a guitar, a tele i think, about the same price as yours i think, from Ishibashi, and got away scot free, but sure, even if you do get stung, it wont be too much.

Post pics when you get it!

Indeed i did, although the delivery man said i was "one Lucky fu**er". Ishibashi don't try and cover up what it is either, it'll be obvious what it is and it's worth. Assume you'll be paying that €178 too

Johnny Storm · 22-09-2005 5:08pm

voodoo_child wrote:

U dont know why? maybe its the lousy fretwork....
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/vairish/image0010.jpg
That ones mine

Well, I'm practically speechless. Quite apart from the inlay teh actual frets do look amazing. The fret ends look beautifully finished (hard to tell from a photo). wow

68 lost souls · 22-09-2005 8:39pm

No it doesnt look good to me. It looks like theres a huge overhang at the edges. It most feel like theres speed bumps on either side.

It wasn't me! · 22-09-2005 8:44pm

*Please* tell me you're joking...

Voodu Child · 22-09-2005 8:51pm

68 lost souls wrote:

No it doesnt look good to me. It looks like theres a huge overhang at the edges. It most feel like theres speed bumps on either side.

Yeah, theres a whole rake of metal bumps all along the fretboard, actually, it completely sucks, and they really hurt my pre-pubescent handies, which are sore enough already, for obvious reasons...

68 lost souls · 22-09-2005 9:34pm

I take it you being sarcastic, well excuse me for giving an opinion but thats what it looks like to me.

I mean if they wheren't cut to the proper length and if the tangs werent taken off properly then it would make the neck really slow. I love the feel of a fast neck, slim, oiled and fretted properly. I figured that with the atmospheric change while traveling from Japan the fretboard shrunk a little and the frets now protrude a little. I mean sure they look like they are filed and buffed properly and rounded off but that doesnt make a difference if it did shrink.

Then again it could just be the angle.

Voodu Child · 22-09-2005 9:54pm

Ill just answer this by saying that you are mistaken, the fretboard is very nice ,and let other people pick holes in your understanding of the laws of physics if they can be bothered.
Apologies for the sarcasm...

68 lost souls · 22-09-2005 10:04pm

Maybe its a case that we're both tired and cranky. I just thought I rembered someone over on PG talking about a problem they had with a shrinking fretboard. Im probably thinking of someone talking bout the neck bowing, (yes thats right fretboards do shrink as with all woods and this causes neck problems) It seriously does look like they hang a little to me but like I said it could be the angle, and as I said I like a really smooth neck. Lots of shred going on.

Anyways lets just call it a case of crossed wires. No offence ment. By the way any chance of a pic of that full guitar Im intregued by it.

0utshined · 22-09-2005 11:41pm

sei046 wrote:

She is on her way as of this morning

Is it wrong that I got a warm fuzzy feeling looking at that picture?

sei046 · 23-09-2005 2:55pm

i know. i have been neglectin the woman whilst been on the net looking at these guitars. It give me emotions which are weird and exciting

It wasn't me! · 23-09-2005 8:20pm

Get used to it. You're now a guitar addict.

Next step for me may well me a Rhoads. Either that or a Strat, but probably a Rhoads.

sei046 · 25-09-2005 3:03pm

my next is a prs. i have a great superstrat, great strat and soon a great lp so pRS is next me thinks. thator if i can get my hands on a steinberger

It wasn't me! · 25-09-2005 3:10pm

Around here you'll find plenty of recommendations to equal the PRS at a much nicer price. Talk to the Doc about Eggles.

sei046 · 25-09-2005 5:52pm

heard a bit about them alright. I really love the Fame prs that musicstore stock. it plays really really well. nearly bought it before i bought this tokai

feylya · 25-09-2005 8:01pm

Are Fame that good? I've heard otherwise

sei046 · 25-09-2005 9:38pm

i personally liked it and they seem pretty well built Fey but then again coz they are so exclusive its hard to know. Their reviews are stunning

feylya · 25-09-2005 9:41pm

I was looking through the Music Store catalogue and some of Fame's stuff looks incredible. They even have hand wired tube amps for €400 ish.

sei046 · 26-09-2005 5:53pm

to be fair they are really great stuff and not well know coz they are exclusive to MS. What you hear bad about them? honestly they seem like great built instruments. Check the specs on the forums

cant wait....

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