Somehow all cool lefthanded Fender-stuff seems to be strictly limited to our Japanese friends. Fender USA currently only offers the American Standard Precision and Jazz to us, and only with a rosewood board and either in black or 3 tone sunburst. In Japan, they have a wide array of cool Strats, Teles (including a thinline and custom), Jaguars, Jazzmasters, Mustangs, Precisions and especially Jazz Basses (even including a 5-string!).
I would love to get my hands on their '75 Jazz Bass reissue, preferably in vintage white with a rosewood board.
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Does anyone know where they can be bought? Officially, Japanese stores aren't allowed to export them. There are some who do, however. I've had contact with Ken of http://www.guitarshogun.com who can get one to me at 125.000 Yen including shipping. With import duties and 19% Dutch VAT, that'll set me back at over 1100 euros. At that price, I can get a brand new American Standard Jazz... So that's kinda holding me back. There's also an English site that trades in Japanese Fenders, but they're currently not trading because the British Pound Sterling has taken some serious beatings over the past few months and is very low right now.
Then there's this eBay-seller, also from Japan, who could get one of these beauties to my place for 1160 USD + 140 USD shipping. That's about the same price level as Guitar Shogun.
Does anyone know a more affordable way to obtain one?
Has anyone had experiences with buying from Japanese stores?