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| Author: | glefty5 [ September 5th, 2010, 10:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fender Japan Lefties |
Looks like I was a bit premature about the dearth of MIJ lefties, just got a recent catalog and they are all still being made, sorry about that! To check them out, this is one of the best sites. Enjoy! www.taniguchi-gakki.jp |
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| Author: | pjmuck [ September 6th, 2010, 9:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
Ah, the tease that is Taniguchi-Gakki. They've been taunting us for years.  Alas, they don't ship outside Asia, AFAIK. They're also a bit of an anomaly within Japanese dealers, as I've seen lefty instruments available there that I've never seen for sale anywhere else (Those Mosrites, for example). Perhaps they have agreements with certain companies to do exclusive limited lefty runs?I like those Grass Roots Les Paul basses. |
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| Author: | slybass3000 [ September 6th, 2010, 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
I just received a black 75JB reissue from Jo's store in Tokyo. Very nice. There are 2 available still. |
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| Author: | Jeroen [ September 6th, 2010, 10:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
pjmuck wrote: Ah, the tease that is Taniguchi-Gakki. They've been taunting us for years. Alas, they don't ship outside Asia, AFAIK.Apparently, they've started doing so somewhere during the course of last year. Emailed them a while back when they discounted those lovely Fender '75 Jazz RI's and they answered quickly and politely that they could ship them for a fair price. |
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| Author: | iome [ September 7th, 2010, 12:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
pjmuck wrote: Ah, the tease that is Taniguchi-Gakki........ I like those Grass Roots Les Paul basses. I love those, are they available lafthanded? |
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| Author: | glefty5 [ September 7th, 2010, 5:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
Hi guys, I think I did it before but if you have trouble navigating the sites in Japan, I'll give you the Japanese words to search for on some of the sites. Bass = ベース Lefty = レフティ− or レフティ Lefthand = レフトハンド Cut n paste any of these into search bars n you should be able to get some serious lefty eye candy. if you cut n paste "lefty" in Japanese first n then "bass" n paste it as one word, it should cut out all the righty stuff. Also check out these stores: KurosawaGakki - kurosawagakki.com MikiGakki - mikigakki.com IshibashiGakki - ishibashi.co.jp Yahoo Auctions is the Japanese version of eBay n is very droolworthy but most sellers only deal with in Japan sales but if you have a Japanese friend, .... |
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| Author: | slybass3000 [ September 7th, 2010, 5:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
http://stores.ebay.com/Jos-Music-Shop This is the link for Jo's music shop in Tokyo. There are some nice lefties available. |
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| Author: | pjmuck [ September 7th, 2010, 7:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
iome wrote: pjmuck wrote: Ah, the tease that is Taniguchi-Gakki........ I like those Grass Roots Les Paul basses. I love those, are they available lafthanded? Indeed they are  :Attachment: 06241830_4c2325a2ec997.jpg [ 158.51 KiB | Viewed 7695 times ] Attachment: 06241836_4c23273931cdc.jpg [ 155 KiB | Viewed 7692 times ] I normally don't get excited about black basses, but that black Les Paul looks stunning! I'm not familiar with Grass Roots, but judging by the pictures alone it would appear that the quality and build are superior to the Brice LP basses I've seen. Here's a link to basses: http://www.shop.taniguchi-gakki.jp/prod ... gory_id=11 And here's another cool lefty I wouldn't mind having, an Aria Pro AS-690B-L: Attachment: 08261555_4c760fc57c450.jpg [ 67.39 KiB | Viewed 7690 times ] Jeroen wrote: Apparently, they've started doing so somewhere during the course of last year. Emailed them a while back when they discounted those lovely Fender '75 Jazz RI's and they answered quickly and politely that they could ship them for a fair price. Interesting. Were they able to communicate in english? And do think their overseas shipping is limited to Europe, or would the US and Canada also have a crack at some of these? |
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| Author: | glefty5 [ September 7th, 2010, 8:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
Grass Roots are the "entry level" ESP brand, but I've seen some of their stuff up close & they look very well made, especially for the price. |
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| Author: | Agent00Soul [ September 7th, 2010, 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
slybass3000 wrote: http://stores.ebay.com/Jos-Music-Shop This is the link for Jo's music shop in Tokyo. There are some nice lefties available. I can vouch for Jo's. The markup is a bit on the heavy side, but they're totally professional, lightning fast shippers if item is in stock (Tokyo-NYC in 4 days, sale to delivery) and can email in English. |
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| Author: | Agent00Soul [ September 7th, 2010, 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
glefty5 wrote: Yahoo Auctions is the Japanese version of eBay n is very droolworthy but most sellers only deal with in Japan sales but if you have a Japanese friend, .... KuboTen is a service that handles Japanese Yahoo auctions for a small fee. I've used them many times - although never for anything as big as a bass - and have found them easy to work with. http://kuboten.com/ |
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| Author: | Jeroen [ September 7th, 2010, 11:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
pjmuck wrote: Jeroen wrote: Apparently, they've started doing so somewhere during the course of last year. Emailed them a while back when they discounted those lovely Fender '75 Jazz RI's and they answered quickly and politely that they could ship them for a fair price. Interesting. Were they able to communicate in english? And do think their overseas shipping is limited to Europe, or would the US and Canada also have a crack at some of these? Yes, they answered in English, but not very good. Looked like they'll ship anywhere you'll ask them to, but I'm not entirely sure. Check out this page: http://shop.taniguchi-gakki.jp/user_data/english.php |
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| Author: | iome [ September 7th, 2010, 12:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
Hey PJ, did you just mirror the righty pics or are they real??  Thats (esthetically) the bass of my dreams and i know that the Grassroot Les pauls are 32", my (theorecally) ideal scale......i guess i would be so dissapointed if i tried one... i'm glad i out of money (for now) |
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| Author: | glefty5 [ September 7th, 2010, 5:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Japan Lefties |
They are real lefties, look at the headstock n you can just make out the name, unmirrored |
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