Japanese shops that ships tokais to europe???

mfc_pj · Jun 10, 2006

I'm looking for a good and reliable japanese shop that ships tokais to europe! I've seen they are much cheaper than here in europe. I've once ordered something from ishibashi but they don't seem to carry tokais anymore.

I wantet to order a es-335 copy, heard they are pretty good. What do you think?

Hope to get some help here...

Schocker · Jun 10, 2006

E-mail Ishibashi and quote the Tokai model you're interested in. They don't have them on their website at present but if it's available they'll be able to get it for you. Entitling your e-mail 'International Enquiry' normally gets a good response.

mfc_pj · Jun 11, 2006

ok...thanks. I'll try that...

mfc_pj · Jun 11, 2006

I've seen they also have fernandes burny es335's. Are they any good?

mfc_pj · Jun 11, 2006

and maybe somone knows what the prices for tokai es335's at ishibashi are???

SGRocks · Jun 11, 2006

Email them,they always reply to inquiries.

Schocker · Jun 11, 2006

In my experience, Ishibashi offer the standard Japanese discount of 20% on the list price. Since Tokai's model numbers indicate the list price, you can work out how much you should expect to pay, eg, an ES-100 is 100,000 Yen which minus 20% is 80,000 Yen.

(Yeah, I know it's now the ES-110 but the example works better using 100!! Anyway, there might be old stock kicking around somewhere...)

I've not tried the Burny/Fernandes 335s.

mfc_pj · Jun 12, 2006

thanks for you answers. I've e-mailed ishibashi and they told me they quit bussines with tokai cause they have more and more problems.
Is there another way to get a good es335 copy for a good price???

joukov · Jun 12, 2006

Are you joking, mfc_pj?

20 century boy · Jun 12, 2006

Ouch!!

If it's for real, they're going to be difficult to get!

mfc_pj · Jun 12, 2006

no joke. Here's the part of the e-mail:

First of all, please understand our situation. We do not sell any Tokai
guitar at our stores. We have carried it only in case a customer wants.
We will quit to handle any Tokai guitar in the end of this month because
of chronic shortage of their products and quality problems.

20 century boy · Jun 12, 2006

So there really is a quality problem. The suprem quitar might not be the only one.

Sad!

:-?

sneakyjapan · Jun 12, 2006

OH my God Tokai is sinking to the level of.....of.....of....Fender ! and Gibson ! mark this day on your calendars...it`s historic. Or, it just means Tokai builders are human after all.

hans-j?rgen · Jun 12, 2006

sneakyjapan · Jun 12, 2006

hey look.....it`s Rick Derringer !

20 century boy · Jun 12, 2006

his mum is very upset because he's making a lot of noise with his friends while his father's taking a nap.

Who is this guy? :-?

stratmoto · Jun 12, 2006

I googled this:-

http://www.rickderringer.com/Remo/Agora/RD-HTFD-80s-2.jpg

and this:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Derringer

Looks like it could be....?

Roe · Jun 12, 2006

rick played with johnny winter on rock n roll hoochie koo and other songs in the 70s. they're gonna have a reunion pretty soon.

20 century boy · Jun 12, 2006

ha ok!!!

"Hang on sloopy" is a classic!

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