As we all know, Fender USA has decided that the very last thing that non-Japanese customers want is an interesting colour selection on their instruments. I'm sure that any day now, Fender USA will limit its colour selection to only flat gray primer (and sunburst for a $50 upcharge). I'm sure that their managers dream of being able to shut down ReRanch so that no one can ever again have access to the classic colours that we love. Until that day comes, enjoy these pics I found of what our Japanese brothers and sisters get to buy at their guitar shops.
Some bonar inducing pics from Japanese retailer Musicland...
Competition black '65 RI
Competition Shell Pink '65 RI! (looks more like Lavender to me, though)
those japs are crazy. there's a guitar shop near me called guitarguitar and the guy had managed to get hold of some jags and jazzies in daphne blue, sherwood green etc. brightened the place up a bit.
i heard the guy that started it used to be one of the bigwigs at sound control but he got fucked off and started that up instead. as usual they can be a bit pricey but if you come into the shop waving a bit of paper with 'the internet' on it they're willing to haggle.
oh! CC music on otago street is back. i'm going through one day next week to have a nosey and see what they've got. fuck sound control, i'm glad they're gone.
That's what I love about buying guitars in the UK: dumbfuck shops where they have Epi LPs reduced to £549. That's what our US cousins could buy a proper Gibson for. But if you think it's bad now, you should have been around in the 80's... Sweet Cheesus, those were bad times. A Sunn Mustang strat with patented tuneloss (TM) trem would set you back a month's wages.
stewart wrote:i heard the guy that started it used to be one of the bigwigs at sound control but he got fucked off and started that up instead. as usual they can be a bit pricey but if you come into the shop waving a bit of paper with 'the internet' on it they're willing to haggle.
oh! CC music on otago street is back. i'm going through one day next week to have a nosey and see what they've got. fuck sound control, i'm glad they're gone.
they actually usually have some lefties rather than none which is good in my books. I almost bought a RIC Tokai copy from them this time last year mike might remember. I was lusting after that guitar. But it wasn't pure i need it lust after I played it.
stewart wrote:i heard the guy that started it used to be one of the bigwigs at sound control but he got fucked off and started that up instead. as usual they can be a bit pricey but if you come into the shop waving a bit of paper with 'the internet' on it they're willing to haggle.
oh! CC music on otago street is back. i'm going through one day next week to have a nosey and see what they've got. fuck sound control, i'm glad they're gone.
they actually usually have some lefties rather than none which is good in my books. I almost bought a RIC Tokai copy from them this time last year mike might remember. I was lusting after that guitar. But it wasn't pure i need it lust after I played it.
if i was going to try a guitar out i'd probably do it there, they have a soundproof booth through the back. i loathe sitting in the middle of a shop surrounded by longhairs and beerbellied jazz dads sneering at my playing.
Yeah I remember. I was surprised you didn't get tallywhacked by a Rickenbacker representative after playing it, so hot they are on people ripping them off.
Boiiiiing.
