Leowasright Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 I have had a search around the site, but can anyone suggest names of willing US vendors who will ship over here? I have been looking for a USA Fender Jazz in Butterscotch with maple fingerboard, but of course it is now discontinued here, and all of them seem to have gone in the UK...... Many thanks David H Quote
warwickhunt Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 There will be loads of US sellers on eBay and many will ship to the UK. Point out to them that you will accept the bass shipped with the neck removed to lower shipping costs and overcome some couriers size restrictions (also less chance of damage). Quote
woodster Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 I recently imported a Stingray 5 from the guys at Bass Central in Florida www.basscentral.com Grasshopper is a top bloke and couldn't be more helpful. They even slightly under-declared the value to save me a few quid on the charges. I couldn't rate them highly enough and will definately shop there again really soon. Chris Quote
Leowasright Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 [quote name='woodster' post='132076' date='Feb 1 2008, 05:19 PM']I recently imported a Stingray 5 from the guys at Bass Central in Florida www.basscentral.com Grasshopper is a top bloke and couldn't be more helpful. They even slightly under-declared the value to save me a few quid on the charges. I couldn't rate them highly enough and will definately shop there again really soon. Chris[/quote] Thanks for a starting point! Where in Soton are you???? I am actually old Hedge End Quote
wateroftyne Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) [url="http://www.guitartrader.com/index.asp"]Guitar Trader[/url] are excellent... Edited February 1, 2008 by wateroftyne Quote
6stringbassist Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Basscentral and bass northwest are both really good, I've ordered my new fretless Modulus through Planetbass, they are really great. Quote
woodster Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 [quote name='Leowasright' post='132085' date='Feb 1 2008, 05:30 PM']Thanks for a starting point! Where in Soton are you???? I am actually old Hedge End[/quote] I'm in Netley Abbey!! Quote
honza992 Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 I imported my Lakland JO4 from www.bassexchange.com and they were excellent. Cheaper than buying here and arrived in perfect (and I mean perfect) condition. I dealt with a chap called Justin. Quote
jacko Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 [quote name='woodster' post='132076' date='Feb 1 2008, 05:19 PM']I recently imported a Stingray 5 from the guys at Bass Central in Florida www.basscentral.com Grasshopper is a top bloke and couldn't be more helpful. They even slightly under-declared the value to save me a few quid on the charges. I couldn't rate them highly enough and will definately shop there again really soon. Chris[/quote] Ditto. I dealt with Beaver who co-owns the shop and he got Alembic to declare the 'trade' price of my last bass to help reduce the customs charge. He was very friendly and bent over backwards to meet my needs. Quote
jakenewmanbass Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 I bought a bass from Beaver/Grasshopper, they were helpful, accurate and friendly and will do good deals. The bass arrived when they said it would and was perfect in every way. I wish I could find that service more often in the UK. Quote
ashevans09 Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 +1 on basscentral, ordered stuff from them a number of times and they've always been as helpful as can be You can't go wrong with them. Quote
Funkmaster Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 +1 for bass central. Beaver is a top bloke and sorted me out with a fretless Jack Bruce Sig Warwick Thumb #11/109. Quote
G-bitch Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 I've used Bass Central & guitarman nyc (www.guitarmannyc.com) Quote
craigjf1969 Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 Right guys,so say for instance i chose a bass for 600dollars....with conversion at current rates and all other import taxes/duties added....what would i be looking at pound-wise???????Cheers Craig Quote
Hamster Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 [quote name='craigjf1969' post='135377' date='Feb 6 2008, 11:03 PM']Right guys,so say for instance i chose a bass for 600dollars....with conversion at current rates and all other import taxes/duties added....what would i be looking at pound-wise???????Cheers Craig[/quote] Whatever your total shipped price is, convert it to £ and add about 22% for the various taxes. Hamster Quote
WalMan Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 [quote name='Hamster' post='135398' date='Feb 6 2008, 11:19 PM']Whatever your total shipped price is, convert it to £ and add about 22% for the various taxes. Hamster[/quote] and beware getting the vendor to be "helpful" with the price because [list] [*]Customs are no fools and have people who know the value of instruments so if you get too cute on the declared value you could come a serious cropper; and [*]if there is a problem in the shipping and you need to claim it will be on the declared value not what you paid [/list] Even paying duty on the full value you will often find you still save on UK prices Quote
NJE Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 Hello all, Im thinking about getting a stingray 5 from basscentral. Its about $1000 so what should I be expecting to pay in shipping and taxes? am I right in thinking the grand total would be around £650 - £700 I'm really happy some of you have successfully been down this route, makes me feel a lot better about it. Also How long was delivery? Thanks Nathan Quote
warwickhunt Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 [quote name='NJE' post='188328' date='Apr 29 2008, 07:03 PM']Hello all, Im thinking about getting a stingray 5 from basscentral. Its about $1000 so what should I be expecting to pay in shipping and taxes? am I right in thinking the grand total would be around £650 - £700 I'm really happy some of you have successfully been down this route, makes me feel a lot better about it. Also How long was delivery? Thanks Nathan[/quote] The bass may be $1000 (approx £510), then I'd imagine you have shipping costs $150 - $350 (£75 - £175) + taxes @ 22% calculated on the total inc' shipping (£710 - £835), then budget for the Customs/ParcelForce handling fee at this end. You can of course look on the bright side and hope that shipping is less than I think and that you may not get hit for all of the taxes and handling fees but realistically I reckon you'd be looking at closer to £750 - £850. I've only ever bought 2 basses from the States and both times I was a bit optimistic with the total (hence I'm erring on the side of caution with your pricing) but I was pleasantly surprised that they arrived trouble free in 7 - 10 days. Quote
stingrayfan Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 I bought a G&L from Nitrotone Music who trade on Ebay (also got a website: [url="http://www.thatnewsound.com/)"]http://www.thatnewsound.com/)[/url]. No problems and good value shipping (about $70 in a gig bag IIRC) Quote
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