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Old 07-21-2006, 08:08 AM
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Japanese guitar shop with good english website


I'm trying to find a good/big Japan based guitar shop that has a good and informative web page in English and ships abroad.

Ishibashi is just rubbish as you can't find any shipping info or anything conclusive in English.
There's an email and a phone number but I want to find a shop that has good and proper ordering system with prices and everything.
Something like same day music or music 123 or musicians friend or GAK here in the UK and Thomann in Germany.

More important than that I want a shop in Japan that stocks ESP - Ishibashi don't.

I can't believe that in this day and age in the country of technological progress you can't find a decent store with a decent web page in English.

If any of you know of such a store - please post a link and just to clarify there's no need to post here convincing me how phoning Ishibashi will work as they do not stock ESP guitars!!

http://www.espguitars.co.jp/original/index.html
Just click on the little buttons under the "ESP Original Series".
It's driving me mad as I managed to find a place in China that stocks them and in Australia but not in Japan.

ilia
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Old 07-22-2006, 12:44 AM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


Any particular reason you MUST buy an ESP from Japan considering import duties etc?

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Ishibashi is just rubbish as you can't find any shipping info or anything conclusive in English.
Ishibashi is a great shop. They have been great with me and by all accounts great with anyone that has dealt with them. They don't sell ESP's. Tough. Their ordering system is clear for anyone that speaks and reads japanese, the fact that you don't is your problem.

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I can't believe that in this day and age in the country of technological progress you can't find a decent store with a decent web page in English.
Theres a very simple answer; This is not an english speaking country. The amount of business they do with overseas customers probably doesn't warrant the setting up and expense of an English language website. Good English speakers are at a premium here, and are paid accordingly. Why don't you go and learn their language?

If you found sites elsewhere that stock what you want i suggest buying there, but since you asked heres a link to a store that DOES sell ESP's, but quelle surprise, no English.

http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/search_fair.php?fairId=18

The following is a link from the very site that you linked above. It lists all the ESP dealers in Japan. I'm sure you can find something there if you apply a little patience and a modicum of thought.

http://www.espguitars.co.jp/links/index.html

Try and display a little less ignorance in future, and i'll perhaps be willing to do a little of the legwork for you.
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Old 07-22-2006, 11:33 AM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


OK, I'm an idiot and and ignorant fool.
With that being said if anyone knows of a Japan based guitar store with a website in English or any other language using the latin alphabet, and is easy to navigate and easy to calculate shipping to Europe AND they stock ESP please post a link here.

I really want to buy one of these
and can't find one anywhere.

And leppermessiah - next time you're on a stroll around guitar shops over there can you please ask people of they stock or can get an ESP MII OX in red stained swamp ash and PM me the phone # if they say yes.
I'd really apreciate that.

ilia
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Old 07-26-2006, 04:38 PM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


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Any particular reason you MUST buy an ESP from Japan considering import duties etc?

Ishibashi is a great shop. They have been great with me and by all accounts great with anyone that has dealt with them. They don't sell ESP's. Tough. Their ordering system is clear for anyone that speaks and reads japanese, the fact that you don't is your problem.

Theres a very simple answer; This is not an english speaking country. The amount of business they do with overseas customers probably doesn't warrant the setting up and expense of an English language website. Good English speakers are at a premium here, and are paid accordingly. Why don't you go and learn their language?

Ironically everytime I've been to Japan and especially Tokyo I've found everyone to be REALLY friendly even with my pidgen Nihongo.


But ther reason to get an ESP from Japan is cos even with import duties and taxes and shipping, you'll still save money than having a UK store go to the trouble (and profit) of ordering one for you.
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Old 07-26-2006, 08:17 PM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


For those of you mild mannered folks who are baflled by my rants I have to say that I do realise that I come out as a very opinionated and rather obnoxious fellow in some of my posts.
In fact sometimes I'd look back at something I wrote and go Whoa *doing my best Keanu Reeves impression*, that dude needs to take a chill pill.

I really don't mean it and in a face to face convo that will be quite apparent but not so much when you type stuff.
I don't have the writer's eloquence that allows some people to be mean without actually sounding mean, I'm more of a "sound 3 times meaner than I ment to" type of writer.

Anyway the UK distributer of ESP only talks to shops and the shops are so clueles, I can't even begin to tell you.
Also due to the fact that copyright is a differen concept in Japan ESP can actually copy any guitar as long as they don't export the final product.
The thing is I can get an ESP Custom with 4-8 months wait depending on what I ask for but the ESP MII OX I want is a standard yet somehow it's not on the list of guitars available to UK dealers which puts it into a j-custom like teritory.

So to sum up the guitar I want is not available in the UK and even though I found shops in Australia, Korea and China that stock some ESP standards I have had no luck finding one that actually has the guitar in the link above.
Also I was thinking if I'm going to import an ESP from the other side of the world (quite literally) might as well go for the country of production.

Some of the ESP custom shop creations for your pleasure..... obviously these are the guitars that take 8 months to complete and I was quoted.........are you sitting down??........
£22,000 for the armor guitar.




Thank you and good night.
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Old 07-26-2006, 08:30 PM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


That ESP Venus Angel is SO SO VERY COOL !!!!

Do you know if it's carved wood or some kind of moulded composite ??

Ben
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Old 07-26-2006, 08:57 PM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


Is it just me... or does the Venus Angel have a harp attached to the wing?!?!?
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Old 07-26-2006, 10:27 PM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


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Is it just me... or does the Venus Angel have a harp attached to the wing?!?!?

oh it does.
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Old 07-27-2006, 07:23 PM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


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That ESP Venus Angel is SO SO VERY COOL !!!!

Do you know if it's carved wood or some kind of moulded composite ??

Ben
All wood hand carved by a Japanese dude.

These do look intricate but there's 1.5" thikness of proper wood under all these intricate carvings so it only looks this cool from the front.
If you catch a glimpse of the sides it looks rather chunky.

ilia
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Old 07-28-2006, 08:27 AM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


Dex have you tried mailing Guitarbargains.com if they'd like to order one for you? They've got the lowest European prices as far as I know. And they have a lot of EPSs including MIIs in stock.
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Old 07-28-2006, 01:11 PM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


They don't have the MII DX but I'll email them now.
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Old 08-04-2006, 12:04 AM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


Hello

I am also looking for some help getting a guitar from Japan, is there anyone willing to help a fellow jemsiter out?

Please email me or private message me!


Thanks!

Chris
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Old 08-04-2006, 01:31 PM
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Re: Japanese guitar shop with good english website


Holy moly those are nice!!!

Regards

André
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