Wish we could get it in the UK

[yourchoiceguitar]

Gonna throw this question out!

I've been trying to think what musicians in the UK are able to buy from UK based sites and shops etc BUT is there anything out there we can't get in the UK but would like to get if we had the chance??

Anyone got any suggestions?

[davidmpires]

Acme at decent prices.

Ritter

there's more but I just can't think at the moment.

[Bassassin]

I'd love to try a Lace Helix:



Pretty sure they've never been imported to the UK.

Jon.

[wateroftyne]

Mesa stuff at reasonable prices.

[mrjim]

sx guitars

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='559323' date='Aug 3 2009, 03:58 PM']Mesa stuff at reasonable prices.[/quote]
+1

[hodgsonk]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='559302' date='Aug 3 2009, 03:41 PM']I'd love to try a Lace Helix:



Pretty sure they've never been imported to the UK.

Jon.[/quote]

A link from their site, UK dealer - [url="http://www.hinesitedistribution.co.uk/"]Hinesite Distribution[/url]

[EdwardHimself]

I don't think there's really much you can't get here, it's just that stuff in the US seems a lot cheaper than here.

[High score]

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='559335' date='Aug 3 2009, 04:05 PM']I don't think there's really much you can't get here, it's just that stuff in the US seems a lot cheaper than here.[/quote]


too true.

needed an orginal foot pedal for an out of production mesa guitar amp (Nomad 55). Price in the US was $75, cost in the UK was £185 and this was when we were nearly 2 $ to the £. Land of the rip off.......what made it worse was that MESA will not deal directly with any punter outside the US meaning you have to use the distributor.

winge over now

[jonny-lad]

I'd like to try some of the new Acoustic Amps, but as far as I know, there's no sign of them being available in the UK yet!

[beardybass]

[quote name='High score' post='559353' date='Aug 3 2009, 04:13 PM']too true.

needed an orginal foot pedal for an out of production mesa guitar amp (Nomad 55). Price in the US was $75, cost in the UK was £185 and this was when we were nearly 2 $ to the £. Land of the rip off.......what made it worse was that MESA will not deal directly with any punter outside the US meaning you have to use the distributor.

winge over now[/quote]

Don't think that qualifies as a winge mate, that's a genuine case of U.K. customers getting the unsanitary end of the stick once again. Did you end up buying one? If so, did you go daft expensive U.K. one, or less expensive but more complicated U.S. one?

[davidmpires]

+1

But in the continent that situation is even worsem exception made to Germany. Most of the countries carry little stock

[GreeneKing]

I saw a Lace Helix in the Bass Merchant.

[bythesea]

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='559413' date='Aug 3 2009, 05:04 PM']I saw a Lace Helix in the Bass Merchant.[/quote]
They are shown as one of the two dealers in the UK and Lace is one the list of makers on their menu (though they don't seem to have any at the moment). The other is D W Guitars in Medway, though I can't find them on the net.

Nice looking bass though

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='559335' date='Aug 3 2009, 04:05 PM']I don't think there's really much you can't get here, it's just that stuff in the US seems a lot cheaper than here.[/quote]

I agree. So +2 or wherever we're up to!? I'd like either a Resonator bass or a banjo bass. Not easy to get in the UK but one will crop up sometime, maybe on EBay

[JTUK]

I think only having one distributor of Bergantino isn't a good things for competitive prices over here..
Agree that the U.S have much cheaper gear in general but the Bergs UK price/mark-up is just plain silly IMV..

Even though the £ isn't the greatest, I have thought..more than once...on trying to justify a shopping trip to the U.S..

How do shops justify selling kit on an almost 1-1 £-$ rate..or worse..???

[JimBobTTD]

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='559438' date='Aug 3 2009, 06:32 PM']I agree. So +2 or wherever we're up to!? I'd like either a Resonator bass or a banjo bass. Not easy to get in the UK but one will crop up sometime, maybe on EBay[/quote]

I too would like some nice stuff at honest prices. I think it is time for - horror! - a corporate giant to rival Thomann to come along and really push prices down. If it is cheaper to buy at retail prices in the US, import it and pay all duties and VAT etc and STILL be cheaper than the shops, then someone, somewhere, is screwing me over.

Of course, there are some entrepreneurial folks who open up establishments (usually online) who do just that. But [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_import"]parallel imports[/url] are not legit...

[yourchoiceguitar]

What about items for around the £80 to £100 mark - kinda like Ebows??

Any ideas?

[EdwardHimself]

[quote name='JimBobTTD' post='559458' date='Aug 3 2009, 05:53 PM']I too would like some nice stuff at honest prices. I think it is time for - horror! - a corporate giant to rival Thomann to come along and really push prices down. If it is cheaper to buy at retail prices in the US, import it and pay all duties and VAT etc and STILL be cheaper than the shops, then someone, somewhere, is screwing me over.[/quote]

If you're talking about a rival to thomann as in cheap german musical instrument megastore then actually there is:

[url="http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR"]http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR[/url]

It's sort of the "urban" version as it's actually near the relative civilisation of munich unlike thomann which is in the middle of nowhere

I was about to say that if you were really that desperate to get something that's only on sale in the US then there are companies who will buy products for you and have them shipped over even if the shop doesn't allow it. Sod grey imports and that, i mean it must be at least 9/10 nissan skylines that are imported using such methods from japan as they officially export very few to the UK.

Edited August 3, 2009 by EdwardHimself

[YouMa]

Taco bell would do me.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='YouMa' post='559474' date='Aug 3 2009, 06:12 PM']Taco bell would do me.[/quote]


I used to get Taco Bell for lunch when I lived in Mildenhall.

[JimBobTTD]

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='559473' date='Aug 3 2009, 07:10 PM']If you're talking about a rival to thomann as in cheap german musical instrument megastore then actually there is:

[url="http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR"]http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR[/url]

It's sort of the "urban" version as it's actually near the relative civilisation of munich unlike thomann which is in the middle of nowhere

I was about to say that if you were really that desperate to get something that's only on sale in the US then there are companies who will buy products for you and have them shipped over even if the shop doesn't allow it. Sod grey imports and that, i mean it must be at least 9/10 nissan skylines that are imported using such methods from japan as they officially export very few to the UK.[/quote]

Hmm, kind of. I was suggesting something closer to a European equivalent of Guitar Center, which has been blamed for the death of the small shop and a host of other crimes against music. But they also sell stuff at decent prices.

I do have a problem with grey imports. I would rather have US prices at legit UK stores. It might happen...

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='559473' date='Aug 3 2009, 06:10 PM']If you're talking about a rival to thomann as in cheap german musical instrument megastore then actually there is:

[url="http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR"]http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR[/url]

It's sort of the "urban" version as it's actually near the relative civilisation of munich unlike thomann which is in the middle of nowhere

I was about to say that if you were really that desperate to get something that's only on sale in the US then there are companies who will buy products for you and have them shipped over even if the shop doesn't allow it. Sod grey imports and that, i mean it must be at least 9/10 [b]nissan skylines [/b]that are imported using such methods from japan as they officially export very few to the UK.[/quote]

Don't you mean Lakland Skylines?

[OldGit]

[quote name='mrjim' post='559324' date='Aug 3 2009, 03:58 PM']sx guitars[/quote]

?

Loads of them
Here's the UK dealer list
[url="http://www.lxdb.co.uk/guitars/sx-guitars.php"]http://www.lxdb.co.uk/guitars/sx-guitars.php[/url]

If you mean the decent SX basses as per Rondo Music in the US then we have Jim Deacon and Noname - almost certainly the same make with a different badge. Not as much variation but buying from Rondo isn't that painful.

[supabock]

Well i would settle for anything really as long as i didnt have to pay pounds for dollars