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• scot Virtuoso

  November 10 Posts: 717

  Are those vintage 4312s? I have a set of original 4311s that I've had for 49 years and they still sound great. Nice guitar, too.
• Rico59 New

  November 11 Posts: 19

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123571#Comment_123571

  Yes, I got those well-used around '99 or so. Still going strong😊
• marcelodamon Asheville, NC✭✭✭ Selmer #560 & 561/Dell Arte Blues Clair/Dell Arte Macias/Philippe Cattiaux Chorus/AJL Gypsy Fire/AJL Model 503/ Manuel May Custom

  November 21 edited November 21 Posts: 74

  

  Congrats on the new guitar! I picked up a few new ones myself (another Selmer, and the "sister" to the one I have now, my blue AJL Gypsy Fire, and a Manual May). With regard to the May, I wanted to chime in about DHL. I commissioned a guitar from May a while ago, and given all the custom inlay work, it took a while to finish. Once it was done, and with help with my good friend Smeily Adler in Germany, Manuel declared my guitar at 900 euros (instead of the 3800 the guitar actually cost), and it arrived from northern Germany (near the border with Denmark), to my front door in Asheville, NC, in 4 days, with no duty required. To further assist with the nuisance of the government, Manuel wrote: "old guitar", and "gift" on it. Something to inquire for everyone wanting to buy a guitar from across the pond.

  
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  November 22 Posts: 5,731

  Not to name names, but the guy who made my guitar usually declares them as gift. This usually helps but can be a small issue if there's an issue with delivery. You have very little insurance protection. The very first guitar I received from him was delivered by FedEx in two pieces. As it was declared as a gift with no value attached to it, all FedEx did in the end was to allow free shipping back to sender.

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel