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crespo · Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 29 Location: Taiwan

Hey, I have a question about guitars in Japan. I'm going to Japan in September and was wondering if I should bring my guitar with me or just buy one there. I wouldn't be buying anything special...just an acoustic that stays in tune would be nice. Are hte guitars in Japan reasonably priced and are the acoustic guitars of reasonable quality? What I mean by "reasonable quality" is: are they, in general, not warped? I lived in Taiwan before and I know that a lot of the acoustic guitars there were always going out of tune as many of them were warped.
Oh, I'm in Canada now.

thanks so much.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Guitars are not that expensive in Japan. Unless you are really attached to your guitar in Canada, buy one in Japan.

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Um, depends what you're after. I didn't bring mine from Canada and I regret it... It's a beautiful $600 guitar that was made in Europe... When I came here I bought an "El Cheapo" for 10,000 yen. I don't recommend it. A half-decent Yamaha will run you at least 20,000 yen though, and if you want anything fancy or really decent, count on dropping at least 40,000 or more.

SEndrigo · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 437

I don't know if you're coming to the Tokyo area or not, but there's a place here called OCHANOMIZU which has many musical instrument stores.

I bought a Yamaha steel string acoustic here which is absolutely fantastic !

And I paid only about $150 Canadian for it. Although it was used, it's in great condition.

ndorfn · Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 126

9000 yen for a japanese tele, that's wicked. That what I want for my next axe, sick of trying to tune my floyd rose every time I change strings.