Gully35 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Sweetwater aren't allowed to ship fender products internationally they say. Maybe to do with the price? The 2012 jazz USA standards are £1066.00 on all UK websites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 That's what I was lead to believe, but earlier this year they quoted me for a Fender 62 AV P Bass and again for a different Fender a couple of months back. I know the likes of Musician's Friend don't ship new Fenders internationally, so maybe Sweetwater had to toe the line too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackers Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 To be honest, I have played somewhere close to 100 Fenders, (my own, other people's and shop stock; I am fender mad ), and I have only disliked 1 of them. It was an MiM, perfectly playable, nice build quality, but it sounded like cr@p, haha I understand that different people have different standards etc, but I'm not quite sure that I subscribe to the idea that you have to try a Fender before you buy it. I haven't found a Fender that I couldn't get on with within 2 or 3 minutes of casual playing. and besides, if you really don't like it, you have 7 days to return it and get another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 [quote name='jackers' timestamp='1356571117' post='1911355'] To be honest, I have played somewhere close to 100 Fenders, (my own, other people's and shop stock; I am fender mad ), and I have only disliked 1 of them. It was an MiM, perfectly playable, nice build quality, but it sounded like cr@p, haha I understand that different people have different standards etc, but I'm not quite sure that I subscribe to the idea that you have to try a Fender before you buy it. I haven't found a Fender that I couldn't get on with within 2 or 3 minutes of casual playing. and besides, if you really don't like it, you have 7 days to return it and get another one [/quote] I like Fenders and have also owned and played quite a few...but I would say you have been lucky. The quality is variable in my experience. The new US models currently being produced are some of the best I have played. Fender has finally got their s**t together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Gully35' timestamp='1356567053' post='1911327'] Sweetwater aren't allowed to ship fender products internationally they say. Maybe to do with the price? The 2012 jazz USA standards are £1066.00 on all UK websites. [/quote] US Fender dealers are not allowed to ship new basses overseas as part of their preferential price dealership agreements. However, some of them will sell 'ex demo' or 'used' models - in some of these cases the 'demo' consists of them taking it out of the box and looking at it. . . Edited December 27, 2012 by molan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Forgot to say - if you hunt around you can pick up 2011 Fender J's for £800-£900 in the UK. I know of a nice one priced at £800 but it's sunburst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully35 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Ordered an American Standard Jazz 2012 in Olympic white with rosewood neck from the GAK shop. I emailed Mark on here and he told me to contact the bass department and they had a couple in stock. The guy was very helpful and checked the bass while I was on the phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Coffee Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 How much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully35 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 £1066 and some free strings. It's the same price everywhere I tried. Dawsons didn't have any in stock and I didn't want to wait a couple of weeks. The guy in the bass dept at the GAK shop was good to deal with, he made sure I was getting one of the basses they had in the shop rather than the online warehouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 [quote name='Gully35' timestamp='1356620730' post='1911701'] £1066 and some free strings. It's the same price everywhere I tried. Dawsons didn't have any in stock and I didn't want to wait a couple of weeks. The guy in the bass dept at the GAK shop was good to deal with, he made sure I was getting one of the basses they had in the shop rather than the online warehouse. [/quote] Congrats on the new bass! Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbassmm Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 If can help, I bought my jazz bass 2012 a couple of months ago at http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/ I did everything online even the finance, 48 hours i had the bass delivered at home. Also a perfect communication with customer service no probs at all! I hope this help. Antonio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Coffee Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Congratulations on your order. Hope it's all you are expecting. That's good news about GAK being so helpful... . .. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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