Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Ian Price on December 09, 2008, 11:57:59 PM
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I'm trying to fight my current bout of LP GAS. Websites like this really aren't helping:
http://www.japanguitars.co.uk/
:x
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Yeah, but look how overpriced they all are!
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Naviggggggggggaaaaaattttttooooooorrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 *chord*
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Yeah, but look how overpriced they all are!
Yeah - buy one of mine instead!
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Do you still have the green one, Jonathan?
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Do you still have the green one, Jonathan?
Ditto!
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Another reason I love my Jaguars....Esy to play any which way!!
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I've heard mixed reports about that guy. He's expensive and not always accurate with descriptions.
Buy with caution...
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I've heard mixed reports about that guy. He's expensive and not always accurate with descriptions.
Buy with caution...
Yep - read this on another site somewhere. I thought he was stupidly overpriced at first and then realised his prices were in euros! I now know he is only overpriced. Still way too expensive for me though!
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Occasionally he moves stuff on eBay when it has been sitting there a while - look out for listings under the name of
generalunrest
Would agree about the pricing and accuracy of condition comments as per previous - I have a guitar from him as do the other 2 guitarists in our band - one guy bought an Orville gold top LP that was pretty good but other guy got a Greco that was not up to the description. Turns out that my Greco was MIK not MIJ as he though too. Condition was A1 though.
What about Twinfan's Signature LP? Did that get flogged?
There is another guy in Switzerland - dboyles123 - who also flogs stuff on the Bay.
Good luck!
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=320322815124
Ian - this is very 'Manics' and at £325 not a bad price either - might be worthwhile getting a second opinion on that headstock crack though
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Turns out that my Greco was MIK not MIJ as he though too. Condition was A1 though.
He's supposed to be an 'expert', and should know Korean from Japanese. ANd he charged you the Japanese price I bet? That's inexcusible :shock:
What about Twinfan's Signature LP? Did that get flogged?
It's had a pickup swap and I'm keeping it for rehearsals :)
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In fairness (and maybe I am being a little too charitable here) it was very tough to tell - no serial, no Made in X stickers or marks, Gotoh hardware - eventually I traced it via Greco themselves who told me it was a limited run made for 1 year only in Korea. (It is the PRS-alike in my avatar) - I paid £300 for it, so not a disaster and it is a really nice guitar - now that it has some BKPs in it and locking Sperzels - more like an Eggle!
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Do you still have the green one, Jonathan?
Ditto!
Yes indeed - still have the Emerald
List of what I have up at SALE prices here
http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html (http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html)
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It's had a pickup swap and I'm keeping it for rehearsals :)
:(
Although it is Honeyburst that I am interested in!
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That Navigator 12-string on the Japan Guitars site... why am I irresistibly reminded of Buster Gonad from VIZ?
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Ahhh now have Feline GAS
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That Lion Cub/Jr really is a bargain there..
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I know....but no cash to buy..damn it
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That Lion Cub/Jr really is a bargain there..
It is indeed a bargain. I gave it a go last week - very impressive!
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Yeah, but look how overpriced they all are!
Yeah - buy one of mine instead!
yours are surely not overpriced, but i haven't got all that money... :(
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Do you still have the green one, Jonathan?
Ditto!
Yes indeed - still have the Emerald
List of what I have up at SALE prices here
http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html (http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html)
I am going to loose sleep now.
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Yeah, but look how overpriced they all are!
Yeah - buy one of mine instead!
yours are surely not overpriced, but i haven't got all that money... :(
With the US$ (and consequently the £) in that patamar, I'm not buing anything...
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I've heard mixed reports about that guy. He's expensive and not always accurate with descriptions.
Buy with caution...
yeah, that's what i've heard too. :) didn't sambo get something from him, and it wasn't anywhere near in as good nick as the description suggested?
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Yep, Sambo had issues with him.
I've sent you a PM Ian ;)
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Yes indeed - still have the Emerald
List of what I have up at SALE prices here
http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html (http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html)
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Jonathon. Not sure if you are aware but when you click on the link for the emerald on that page you get the specs for the Painkiller V.
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Yep, Sambo had issues with him.
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at least i wasn't imagining it, then. :lol: shame for poor sambo though. :(
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I've heard mixed reports about that guy. He's expensive and not always accurate with descriptions.
Buy with caution...
yeah, that's what i've heard too. :) didn't sambo get something from him, and it wasn't anywhere near in as good nick as the description suggested?
Yeah, Sambo got his blue Burny LP there. Likewise with my ObG goldtop, which was meant to be "near mint" but had loads of dings and - more importantly - several loose fretboard inlays which I had to get fixed by Jonathan.
It was actually a really good guitar, but the experience turned me against it and I sold it pretty quick. Probably should've kept it really.
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Yes indeed - still have the Emerald
List of what I have up at SALE prices here
http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html (http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html)
Bloody hell, the Emerald and Cub always give me GAS.
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Yes indeed - still have the Emerald
List of what I have up at SALE prices here
http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html (http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html)
Jonathon. Not sure if you are aware but when you click on the link for the emerald on that page you get the specs for the Painkiller V.
Thanks Matt
Corrected that link now - slipped up there
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Yeah, Sambo got his blue Burny LP there. Likewise with my ObG goldtop, which was meant to be "near mint" but had loads of dings and - more importantly - several loose fretboard inlays which I had to get fixed by Jonathan.
It was actually a really good guitar, but the experience turned me against it and I sold it pretty quick. Probably should've kept it really.
yeah, that happens me too, if it leaves a bad taste in my mouth i'll never really like it... i've missed out on a couple of things i may have liked because of that.
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that sucks about the guitar, though- couldn't you have sent it back? (i'm sure you thought of that, though :lol: )
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that sucks about the guitar, though- couldn't you have sent it back? (i'm sure you thought of that, though :lol: )
Yeah, I considered it, but even if he'd offered me a full refund I'd still have had to pay shipping, there and back, with nothing to show for it. I hate doing that.
And there'd have been the inevitable awkward discussion/argument about what constitutes "near mint". I'm not very good at being confrontational - unless I'm really angry. I do have a hell of a temper, but it only flares up briefly and very occasionally! :lol:
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^ yeah, same here (about the temper). if i were really annoyed, i'd have tried to make him eat the postage (i don't see why, if he misdescribed it, the buyer should have to cover it!)...
:)