Members Hoddy Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 I've got a Tokai ES-120 on the way from Hisashi...he (or they) seem like good folk. They seem to deal with upper end MIJ guitars...Tokai, Navigator and lots of Bachus guitars. Anyway I was asking him about a left handed Edwards 335 that I saw on Ebay a few months back, I believe a forumite here bought it. I thought that it was for sale by Hisashi and asked him. He emailed me back to avoid Edwards right now. I emailed him back asking why and he said that their quality is suffering and is not consistent...I haven't heard anything about his, have ya'll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brick Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 nope, ive heard teh exact opposite actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted January 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 nope, ive heard teh exact opposite actually Yeah...that kind of shocked me...I have an Edwards Les Paul and I could not be any happier with it..and this is coming from a guy who's owned a half dozen Gibson Les Pauls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted January 16, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 16, 2008 I would suggest that he's "dissin" Edwards as he don't sell em;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted January 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 I would suggest that he's "dissin" Edwards as he don't sell em;) I'm almost 100% positive that he was the seller for the lefty Edwards 335 I saw a couple months ago on Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted January 16, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 16, 2008 I'm almost 100% positive that he was the seller for the lefty Edwards 335 I saw a couple months ago on Ebay. Possibly and no doubt when he has another batch, he will say the quality is good again:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 yeah maybe he`s out of stock on the Edwards so he`s pushing what he has. I`ve read theres a wait on Edwards at Ishibashi so they have to build more...pretty sure once he gets more in he`ll change his tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tezmond Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 I've heard that Edwards use GLUE in the construction of their guitars.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted January 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 yeah maybe he`s out of stock on the Edwards so he`s pushing what he has. I`ve read theres a wait on Edwards at Ishibashi so they have to build more...pretty sure once he gets more in he`ll change his tune. I don't know...I had already bought and paid for the Tokai and asked him if he could get the Edwards 335 in the future....if he was only out of stock then he'd be shooting himself in the foot by telling me to stay away from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Puckman Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 I want a Bacchus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted January 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 I want a Bacchus! Me too, but I've never seen a lefty one. The Tokai I bought (which should be here tomorrow) is the first lefty Tokai 335 I've seen...I'm really stoked about it...here's a few pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Puckman Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 I don't have that problem, being a rightie. Where do you get a Bacchus from? Is this guy on Ebay? That's gorgeous, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted January 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 I don't have that problem, being a rightie. Where do you get a Bacchus from? Is this guy on Ebay? That's gorgeous, btw. Yep...he's on Ebay...here's a link to his Ebay store, he has several Bachus'! http://stores.ebay.com/MIJ-Guitar-HISASHI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted January 17, 2008 Members Share Posted January 17, 2008 I don't know...I had already bought and paid for the Tokai and asked him if he could get the Edwards 335 in the future....if he was only out of stock then he'd be shooting himself in the foot by telling me to stay away from them. unless he comes back with...the new Edwards are in and they`ve taken care of the problems. I`ve been looking at that Edwards line since day one and have never seen them slip in quality, I own a few.There are rumors flying around that ESP is having parts made in China...also read Korea...and shipped back to Japan and assemble here. Could be but so far nobody has comes up with any proof, just hearsay. Wonder who started that rumor...Gibson mayhaps? I mean prices on used Gibsons are as low as I`ve even seen em in Japan now. On the other hand, the Duncan/Edwards don`t get much respect in Japan, not nearly as much as they get overseas...used ones stay in shops for a long time in this city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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