Cheapiest way to get new US Fenders..in Europe

I feel for you. I grew up in Europe in the '80's and buying new gear was prohibitively expensive. I also PM'd you.

 

Buy CIJ there easily as good as MIA and they are available.

Davo

 

get a mate on the states that you can trust, and have him buy the stuff for you and ship it overseas

 

You could always try signing up with one of the mail forwarding companies. They give you a USA address to use, so the retailer can ship to there. Then it gets forwarded on to you. I've used these a few times for getting basses and guitars out to New Zealand. They use reputable shipping companies and the rates are usually pretty good, so it doesn't cost much more than shipping direct. I believe some retailers may be wary of the mail forward companies, but I've had no issues so far. YMMV.

 

Thats what im doing us to norway The dollar isnt worth so much now a days

 

Classfied section, there are couple of them on sale or send me the money I can buy it and send it to u..

 

same boat.

I'm looking for a second hand musicman sub bass or a second hand musicman. Heard these can be found easily in the state and is cheap too compare to the UK price.

 

Actually, your best bet IS to get someone to hand pick one for you and ship it to you. You prepay for it and get it shipped as a private deal. i'd bet there are a number of people from the US who are members here that would do that for you for a reasonable fee. It would be worth it me thinks. What would the difference be from that and buying an advertised bass from a private seller? None that I can think of.

 

have you any friends in the states? ive sent stuff through people. had a banjo shipped back recently. i got person to write on it that it was worth 20 dollers so i didnt have to pay vat on it. sent it standard post to cost me 80 dollers. i saved a serious amount of cash. maybe if you bought of ebay seller might do that for you. but its risky if it gets damaged. We get ripped of in this country on instruments,

 

This is somwhere in the middle, but still cheaper than here,
http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_american_standard_pbass_rw_bk.htm

BTW, what shop did you see US Fenders for e1400, I was looking last year, and a S1 switch 07 Jazz was about e1800, if I'm remembering correctly.

 

You also could have it marked as a gift, I've heard that works too.

 

There is someone on TB who recently posted an ad in the classifieds offerring just this type of service. I would look into it and even contact users who have tried the service to see how things went.

 

I've done this for a TBer in Cyprus before with great results; PM me if you're interested - I'd be happy to help you out.

 

due to import prices i decided to look a little closer to good old blighty for my money bass.

i ultimately got a status (but i wanted that one eventually any way) but i also tried and nearly came home with a sandberg California series, i really LOVED the feel and tone of that bass (sea foam green P5 with P and MM and 3 band EQ) but i decided with the status and my CIJ fenders it would be greed and GAS that was driving me to buy.

clover are really nice basses too both are EU based so the duty will be ALOT less than USA duty