Members ilovemystrat Posted February 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 22, 2008 no sakura... not yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted February 22, 2008 Members Share Posted February 22, 2008 evidently theres one place down south where the bloom around this time of year...retired guy was telling us today he`s going with his wife next week...he gets some kinda golden ager discount or something. he said it`s about 4 or 5 hours by train from here. I always go in the daytime to take my pics of the blossoms...fewer drunken salarymen at that time, still lots of blue tarps all over the place with the occasional person " saving places " for the colleagues to come later. The piles of trash and Johnnys on the Spot kinda spoil it for me now. The Tohoku University campus thats 5 minutes away has a couple of huge old cherry trees that I take pics of every year, much nicer atmosphere than the parks in the downtown area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members De-bone-air Posted February 22, 2008 Members Share Posted February 22, 2008 I have a couple of old-n'-cheap MIJ guitars that I have been very impressed with: Late 60's Conrad (SG Jr. clone)1986 Westone Spectrum ST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OnWingsOfLead Posted February 22, 2008 Members Share Posted February 22, 2008 you and 12,945,337 other people. This would be why I can't find one. I did find a Greco SG, but it had some extensive damage, and I think someone had cannabilized much of the original components Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted February 22, 2008 Members Share Posted February 22, 2008 theres actually a couple of real nice looking ones on yahoo Japan now but starting at 50,ooo yen. I keep hoping they`re gonna drop their prices but not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted February 24, 2008 Members Share Posted February 24, 2008 places like hard off still come up with burny lp's and teh like for under $500 sometimes. theres still bargains, but you got to be real dilligent in finding them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted February 24, 2008 Members Share Posted February 24, 2008 Got this for $230.oo last Wednesday at a Book Off in a?neighboring small town...not big enough for both a Hard Off and Book Off so they combined them into one. I have bought several MIJs there for very little but their used MIAs are wildly overpriced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willhaven Posted February 24, 2008 Members Share Posted February 24, 2008 One thing I know. ESP Japan > ESP USA. I'm tempted to get a friend's wife at work (who is Japanese) to be an interpreter for me in setting up an ESP Japan custom shop Horizon deal. It wouldn't be cheap, but I could create something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Lou-Dog Posted February 24, 2008 Members Share Posted February 24, 2008 Here's my Fender Japan CIJ 58 RI model number ST58-80TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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