Richard
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 1683
Georgia
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Posted on Feb 01 2008 08:58 PM
I remember this went around a while back and was found to be false, but according to an email I got from a sales rep at Ishibashi they are no longer shipping new Japanese Fenders to the United States as of this past month.
"I regret to tell you another bad news, but we Ishibashi are not able to ship Fender Japan items
overseas now ...
Fender USA requested Fender Japan to only sell items inside Japan and we
Ishibashi follow this policy from this January...
I apologize for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause to
you...
For used items, there are no regulations like this. So if you find any
Fender Japan item you are interested in the future, please let me know.
I'll check if it is still available and also check its condition.
Here is a link to our U-BOX, our used instruments site.
http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/
If you have a question, please let me know."
Kind of a bummer.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Feb 01 2008 09:17 PM
Value of used CIJs are going to go up. Remember when you could get these for $500 or under used? And when they were $500 new that one time.
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Richard
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 1683
Georgia
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Posted on Feb 01 2008 09:27 PM
I bought a used sunburst MIJ Jaguar for $410 on eBay around five or six years ago. Those days are goooooone. And yeah, there was a time when stuff from Ishibashi seemed criminally cheap.
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SURFmole
Joined: Nov 22, 2007
Posts: 901
Portland, OR
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Posted on Feb 01 2008 09:35 PM
Richard
For used items, there are no regulations like this. So if you find any
Fender Japan item you are interested in the future, please let me know.
I'll check if it is still available and also check its condition.
If I was Ishibashi I'd just sell all new guitars as "used" to the US...I mean once you take it out of the box and strum it once it's now a "used" instrument right? They could just sell it at new price. 
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badash
Joined: Aug 18, 2006
Posts: 1732
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Posted on Feb 02 2008 12:04 PM
First of all... Yeah right  ... Email again as if you never got that message. If you get the same response, do it again in 2 weeks... The last "gold rush" on CIJ was based on a message from Ishibashi too.
As to MIJ going up in price again, they're already "knock-knock-knockin' at heaven's door" If our European friends could get a used US for $200 to $300 more than a used Japanese do you think they'd consider japanese for a second? Okay some might, but you get what I'm saying.
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diceophonic
Joined: May 20, 2006
Posts: 2174
PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)
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Posted on Feb 02 2008 01:29 PM
SURFmole
Richard
For used items, there are no regulations like this. So if you find any
Fender Japan item you are interested in the future, please let me know.
I'll check if it is still available and also check its condition.
If I was Ishibashi I'd just sell all new guitars as "used" to the US...I mean once you take it out of the box and strum it once it's now a "used" instrument right? They could just sell it at new price.
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RumorsofsurF
Joined: Mar 10, 2007
Posts: 286
Margaritaville, OR
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Posted on Feb 03 2008 02:49 PM
SURFmole
Richard
For used items, there are no regulations like this. So if you find any
Fender Japan item you are interested in the future, please let me know.
I'll check if it is still available and also check its condition.
If I was Ishibashi I'd just sell all new guitars as "used" to the US...I mean once you take it out of the box and strum it once it's now a "used" instrument right? They could just sell it at new price.
Good call, Scot...I agree.
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