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Old 11-30-2011, 06:17 PM
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Heading for a week in Tokyo. Any good recommendations for instrument shops to visit?
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Ishibashi Music is the only name I can think of.
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Old 12-01-2011, 05:31 AM
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Bass Collection in Shibuya is great. There are a ton of others in the immediate area. Just outside Shibuya Station, look for the giant Ken Smith 7 string on the banner....pretty hard to miss.

Inner Wood is another high end shop.
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Old 12-01-2011, 05:45 AM
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T.Kurosawa store manager is Manabu Tanaka location 1-4-4 Higashi-ikebukuro Toshima-ku Tokyo phone 81-3-3590-9638
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They sold me a awesome Fender Aerodyne last year.I had lots of fun in the shop too.
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T.Kurosawa store manager is Manabu Tanaka location 1-4-4 Higashi-ikebukuro Toshima-ku Tokyo phone 81-3-3590-9638
www.kurosawgakki.com email ike@kurosawagakki.com
They sold me a awesome Fender Aerodyne last year.I had lots of fun in the shop too.
Those Japanese Aerodynes are so beautiful.
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Old 12-02-2011, 05:54 AM
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TB is awesome. Thanks for filling in my itinerary, guys.
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Updating. Was wandering around Shibuya yesterday evening and stumbled into a nice shop near the station. I have no clue what it's name is. They had a good selection of Sadowsky basses, Steinberger, Status and even Chapman sticks among the Fenders.

Played a Sadowsky through a TC750 (?) for about a half an hour. Yeah, it was goofing off in a music store but it helped with my withdrawal since I didn't bring a bass on this trip.
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What was the Sadowsky priced at?
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There was a range in the 250K range and up. I don't know Sadowsky models well enough to clarify it further. I can't imagine it's a good deal to buy a Sadowsky in Tokyo...
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Ishibashi seems to be a must.
Guitar Shelter( GUITAR SHELTER 中古楽器販売 RepublicGuitar正規販売代理店 ), if possible, would be a must because I've bought from them and referred bassists to them who also bought and were pleased.
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