The Nakano Azusa Mustang is Here!

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:48 am

Well, not here... its in Japan (Link)

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ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:02 am

Bilinda would could!

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:16 am

do want
i'll take two at the price
Â¥29,800 tax incl. (C$366.54 *)

if shipping wasn't $172

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:44 am

serfx wrote:do want
i'll take two at the price
Â¥29,800 tax incl. (C$366.54 *)

if shipping wasn't $172

I tried to buy the Yui Hirasawa Les Paul from Japan but the store never answered my e-mail.

Justyn · Post by **Justyn** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:34 pm

Damn, Belindastangs are everywhere now

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:38 pm

So are these licensed by Fender/Gibson or straight up copies?
I mean what with the weird bridge and headstock decal and weird tr pickguard route and all...

I wonder how Fender stands in regards to these...

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:41 pm

lol

"Mike picks up the sound of strings"

Post by **Mike** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:55 pm

What on earth is going on with the truss rod access hole in the pickguard?

OR

What the hell is that black shit around the neck heel?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:57 pm

Mike wrote:What on earth is going on with the truss rod access hole in the pickguard?

I think that's where you're supposed to stash your subpoenas from Fender.

Justyn · Post by **Justyn** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:12 pm

That's a good price now that I think about it.

Course I'ma be a jackass and put rails in it.

Asher · Post by **Asher** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:03 pm

"Muttan"

Stickers included?

astro · Post by **astro** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:15 pm

laterallateral wrote:So are these licensed by Fender/Gibson or straight up copies?
I mean what with the weird bridge and headstock decal and weird tr pickguard route and all...

I wonder how Fender stands in regards to these...

IIRC, I believe that the patents on headstock shapes from Fender and Gibson are not valid in Japan, for some reason. I'm not sure exactly why. The famous "lawsuit" era only applied to Japanese guitars that were exported to be sold outside Japan. If you look on the Japanese websites, there are loads of new non-Fender/non-Gibson guitars available from various Japanese makers that use the traditional Fender or Gibson headstocks.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:28 pm

DO WANT

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:57 pm

I can't believe Shortscale doesn't have anybody in Japan.

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:06 pm

Somebody should get one and let the rest of us know if it's shite or right.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:39 pm

astro wrote:
laterallateral wrote:So are these licensed by Fender/Gibson or straight up copies?
I mean what with the weird bridge and headstock decal and weird tr pickguard route and all...

I wonder how Fender stands in regards to these...
IIRC, I believe that the patents on headstock shapes from Fender and Gibson are not valid in Japan, for some reason. I'm not sure exactly why. The famous "lawsuit" era only applied to Japanese guitars that were exported to be sold outside Japan. If you look on the Japanese websites, there are loads of new non-Fender/non-Gibson guitars available from various Japanese makers that use the traditional Fender or Gibson headstocks.

the lawsuit was against ibanez and was thrown out by the japanese judge. it ended up being tantamount to a warning though and from then on japanese companies were a little more careful with their export models. a little more anyway. tokai continued making exacting les paul copies but took "Les Paul reborn" off the headstock and replaced it with "Love Rock". basically the japanese government is going to protect their own economy so they are going to favor japanese companies when it comes to things like this. and why shouldn't they; the US and most other countries do the same thing. hence why most of these guitars are blocked from import into the US.

kadium · Post by **kadium** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:00 am

$350 plus 88 for shipping is nice. I actually like the look of this guitar.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:34 am

awesome! get one and tell us if it's craep.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:04 am

kadium wrote:I actually like the look of this guitar.

Same here. As much as I love the classic Mustang, this set up is pretty rad.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:14 am

group buy/reduced shipping rate?

my total is 539 to canada, a bit too much imo