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guitar hiro
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extremely early/all original BST-64V near mint ....... # 0018** ....... no screw holes for the back tremolo route = like an EJ Strat 
may have original Fralins since it is in the limited serial # range of known Fralin equipped examples; will have to wait & see
I like the Alnico Specials just fine so either way = win/win  |
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guitar hiro
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guitar arrived about 1 hour ago = super fast shipping from Japan to the US with no Customs duty & no CITES issues 
no Fralins but the guitar is 100% original & the condition could only be described as a 'time capsule' unbelievable for a guitar pushing 20 years vintage
good luck to others that decide to import Dalbergia into the US post new CITES regulation
I'm done with the importing for a while myself |
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currypowder
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I have 2 in route now. 1 has been stuck in Chicago customs for three days and one left Japan today. I'm not worried about the delay, the past 3 guitars (all in late 2016) were delayed anywhere from 3 days to 3 weeks. Hopefully there will be no issues, but I'm going to hold off any additional imports until these 2 make it to me.
Hiro, thanks for keeping us up to date with your imports, it certainly helped me get comfortable with it. I do know the risk is still there, but it's worth it to me to give it a shot. |
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guitar hiro
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GET THE LED OUT
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| Just received my 1980 LS60...bought through Rinkya and shipped via EMS. Only took 4 days to get here, (Melbourne, Australia). No issues whatsoever. |
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guitar hiro
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| GET THE LED OUT wrote: | | Just received my 1980 LS60...bought through Rinkya and shipped via EMS. Only took 4 days to get here, (Melbourne, Australia). No issues whatsoever. |
that is good information; thanks for sharing & congrats on the smooth delivery!! |
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guitar hiro
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| Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 7:17 am Post subject: |
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my latest Dalbergia made it out of US Customs this past Friday; was only there for 5 hours I say just keep buying folks  |
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#44
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Figured I'd give an update to this thread.
Just received a 1981 LS80 from Australia to Canada. No CITES papers and no issues. |
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guitar hiro
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| #44 wrote: | Figured I'd give an update to this thread.
Just received a 1981 LS80 from Australia to Canada. No CITES papers and no issues. |
That's good news, Glad there were no hassles & Congrats  |
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guitar hiro
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well, here we are 15 months post CITES Appendix II regulation for all species of rosewood under the genus Dalbergia and I have yet to have any issues with importing guitars into the US.
Anyone here know of anyone having issues with delays or confiscations, etc.? |
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