Members seifukusha Posted June 4, 2013 Members Share Posted June 4, 2013 PLayed a bunch of gear. I walked into one store, Ishibashii Gakki in Fukuoka, and the manager walked out and remembered me instantly, and proceeded to give me an hour long personal tour, letting me try everything. He was disappointed when I walked out with nothing, to be sure (but I usually buy a few pedals each trip). The only pedal I wanted was this... The Maxon compressor was ok (I like my Guyatone best), but the funny cat. It may have had a blown or dryed out part, but the famous "C" setting was really week. The dirt side was nice, but nothing I dont have, but we both agreed it had something wrong. Oh well, I had watched the site everyday to see if It would sell, but it waited near two months for me. Also, I wanted this Orville Explorer with Gibson P/U's but oddly, it felt cheap in my hands the instant I held it. Played decently. Still, on the search for the modified Gibson explorer I played 10 years back that was for $400 and I didnt have the cash that day, and it was gone the next...sigh..... Luckily, my favorite Ramen shop, Number One Ramen, delivered in spades....fresh Asahi Super Dry on tap.... yum city... SO, then I was off to the Hard Off, my favorite used electronics chain. Took a 45 minute bus ride through old neighborhoods and walking, in a decent summer rain shower. I always go there. It was outside the city, no tourists go there, not many non-Japanese, its just a medium sized city, but its always a fun trip for me. so they always have about 100 or so guitars, from junk to Gibson custom shops, always pedals.. they had quite a few guitars in the junk section, which ranges from unusable or fixerupers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted June 4, 2013 Author Members Share Posted June 4, 2013 had a bunch of pedals, about 50 boss, some vintage, some boutique, theres my beloved guyatone compressor, but nothing I hadnt had/used before, so I got that eq (more later). A bunch of rack and multis too. this was about 60 bucks. i wish I could have taken it home, if just to have for furntiture. How cool is this? that Aria rack spring reverb has been there for years, someone stole the knobs about 2 years ago, the dm500 knobs too, lol i went to one more shops they had some pedals, but not really anything I wanted, so I took this home: GameBoy Brick $1 Ive bought 3 of these in recent years, and my friends always walk off with them. lol. Games $8.50 . Kirby, Dr. Mario, Boulder Dash, Black Bass Fishing (No Tetris this time). Yamaha Metronome (made on June 12, 1973), 40 years old. $10. Its quite cool. Korg Transistor Tuner Works great. I had to go all analog, lol $3. Old Binoculars Japanese Steel $3. I had to have the nicknacks, Theyre way cool to look at. Oh and the Maxon Parametric, about $70. It sounds really great (who was it, Fingermush? He raved on this thing. Its a synth sweep for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted June 4, 2013 Author Members Share Posted June 4, 2013 ok, I took like 300+ snaps, but I think this is a nice taste of the junk/treasures I found this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Joey, if I ever find myself in Japan, I want you as my tour guide! Looks like you could really get lost in the used gear shops there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted June 4, 2013 Author Members Share Posted June 4, 2013 Phil O'Keefe wrote: Joey, if I ever find myself in Japan, I want you as my tour guide! Looks like you could really get lost in the used gear shops there. Thats a whole chain, all of their stores are like that, and theyve been like that for years. They used to be a bit cheaper, then they went up, but now, theyve come back down... I know a bunch of places like that. Why do you think I always talk about Japan, in Japan, with Japan? One reason Ive never been into Boutique, the Japanese made so many great pedals and stuff. I can get some crazy stuff there. Studied it forever. I used to find the Love Rocks and Burnys for like $150-300 each. Regularly. Grecos and Orvilles, Arias all of that, then the internet happened, and then the Japan Vintage craze happened, but its over, and the pedals are cheap again (save the main legends, ie ts808, etc) That food? Its Hakata (Fukuoka) Ramen, and some beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted June 4, 2013 Members Share Posted June 4, 2013 Thread = win. Seif rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted June 6, 2013 Members Share Posted June 6, 2013 TomVanDeven wrote: Thread = win. Seif rules. agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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