Members voneville Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Well, obviously there are guitar players in Italy, but I mean, specifically anyone here who could answer some of my questions? Looks like I'm moving to Sardinia for 3 years in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voneville Posted June 8, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Just in case someone that lives there or has lived there see this I want to ask a few things. I know american brands are more expensive over there. Does it make sense to buy a nice american guitar and amps here and bring them with me? What are some nice italian guitars in the price 300 euro price range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 San Diego to Sardinia? WTH? Can't get enough of that true Mediterranean climate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kunos Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Originally posted by voneville Just in case someone that lives there or has lived there see this I want to ask a few things. I know american brands are more expensive over there. Does it make sense to buy a nice american guitar and amps here and bring them with me? What are some nice italian guitars in the price 300 euro price range? Hi, you will find Sardinia a bit isolated, being an island, although big, still an island. There's no "mass" guitar producion in Italy.. what you can get is high quality custom made instruments at "reasonable" prices.. but that's in the 1500-2000$ ballpark... things like Jacaranda, Frudua, Manne.. but nothing in the 300$ area. It makes sense to bring a guitar from the USA.. not an Amp because it won't work and you'll need new transformer. British amps in Italy should be around same price as in the USA... shopping around here will be tricky tho.. no GC, but there is a nice online shop based in Sardinia IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy310 Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 thats seems like a crappy situation for the amp. Cause i doubt you'll wanna buy a crappy amp....or pay for a good one and not be able to take it back here and use it. Bring your acoustic with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kunos Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 A PodXT will do the trick.. back in US he'll just need to buy new power supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrtokai Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Jim Reed guitars are from Italy, very cheap and well made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pekelnik Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 It seems to me (take this for central europe/germany, but should be valid for italy too), that the best price on Fender/Gibson type guitars you can get is about 150% of the MF's price. But that is probably the best you can get, so 200% i'd consider normal. Take your guitar with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voneville Posted June 8, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Cool, thanks for the tips and the heads up on the amp. I guess I'll bring my guitar (I saw another thread about a guy going to japan and someone recomended disasembly, that will probably be the way to go) and while I'm over there I'll be looking for some oddball stuff. I'll be doing a lot of traveling as part of my job so I'll probably be able to do some shopping in Russia, England, and Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teddy111 Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I agree... I own some "Tele like" Jim Reed... + some Fender ! (not on the picture) ... my favorite is the simple Tele Ash with P-90 neck pickup... a simple blues machine for less than 350 $ ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Paganini is Italian and played guitar, but he's been dead for 146 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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