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The other day I spotted a listing from a dude in Japan selling & shipping Japanese '73 Reissue Fender Mustangs on eBay.

There are some cool color combos include many models with matching headstocks.

I like the orange one, but they're all freakin' schweet. Here are a few samples. The only trouble is that you're likely to get slammed by customs when the guitar arrives from Japan and the taxman starts playing his song.



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

i saw those a while back.

really good prices, imo. considering that's what a 65RI costs, and those aren't nearly as jivin'.

Man, whenever I see the offerings available in Japan, it makes my mouth water. Some day, I'd like to take a guitar-buying trip to Tokyo.

when you do, i will dislocate my cervix and climb into your suitcase.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:when you do, i will dislocate my cervix and climb into your suitcase.

My plan is to travel with my family -- with me, my wife, and my 3 kids, we'll be able to bring back 5 guitars! We'll all claim that were part of a rock-and-roll version of the Von Trapp Family Singers and that we brought these axes with us from the US.

Hence, no need to pay the customs man! Anyway, that's my plan.

that would be awesome. hopefully the customs guys aren't avid riffarz.

good luck

hotrodperlmutter wrote:when you do, i will dislocate my cervix and climb into your suitcase.

isnt the cervix a part of the vagina?





cool looking guits, at any rate. i wish fender USA could do cool shit like that

Mo Rawka wrote:




cool looking guits, at any rate. i wish fender USA could do cool shit like that

+1

Mo Rawka wrote:

hotrodperlmutter wrote:when you do, i will dislocate my cervix and climb into your suitcase.

isnt the cervix a part of the vagina?

Yep. It's the entrance to the uterus.

Mo Rawka wrote:cool looking guits, at any rate. i wish fender USA could do cool shit like that

at least that series should be in the official export program.

Mo Rawka wrote: cool looking guits, at any rate. i wish fender USA could do cool shit like that

Not me. They'd charge 4x the price for a US version and you'd end up being better off buying a vintage one.

probably not 4x the price, but i could see a US made stang retailing for $1500 - 1800. too much, but so are avri jaguars at $1900, and they've got enough hardware to justify being more spendy than a mustang.

i'm sure i've looked at costs before, but importing one of those japanese competition models works out the same as what i paid for my vintage compstang. not worth it.

stewart wrote:i'm sure i've looked at costs before, but importing one of those japanese competition models works out the same as what i paid for my vintage compstang. not worth it.

I have some Japanese colleagues at work. I am *SO* tempted to ask them if they'd be willing to act as my "agent", buy the orange 'Stang on my behalf (I'd get the one w/ the matching headstock), and then transport it back to the US as if it were their own work-a-day axe.

It'll never happen, but a man can dream.

hotrodperlmutter wrote: dislocate my cervix

honestly, some parents need to learn to let go.

paul_ wrote:

hotrodperlmutter wrote: dislocate my cervix

honestly, some parents need to learn to let go.

hahahahahahahahahahaha

yeah, no.

it wasn't a joke. i can dislocate my cervix.

So, has anyone purchased one from Japan? How do they figure out what taxes you owe? I'd like some details on the realistic expense involved in this, and how exactly this works. Thanks.