Cast your mind back ten years or so.

by **AlanMcKillop** » 21 Dec 2015, 22:28

About 10 years ago, there were two major suppliers of imported MIJ/CIJ guitars, one was John Blackman (Far East Guitars) and the other was a guy in Edinburgh. The guy in Edinburgh had a lovely selection including Sunburst, Mary Kay and Fiesta Red strats. I know a few members here bought guitars from Edinburgh, but here's the question, can you remember the guys name who sold them?

by **LONGPLAYER09** » 22 Dec 2015, 00:14

My bro in law brought one -ok it was too. Was his name Peter Cook? maybe not, Unfortunately my b in l has just gone away!!

by **JimN** » 22 Dec 2015, 00:41

LONGPLAYER09 wrote:My bro in law brought one -ok it was too. Was his name Peter Cook? maybe not, Unfortunately my b in l has just gone away!!

"Peter Cook's Guitar World" still exists and is still trading - though in West London (never Glasgow as far as I know).

I bought my Gretsch 6122 from them.

by **Didier** » 22 Dec 2015, 10:13

I have a few friends who some years ago bought "made in Japan" Fender guitars directly from Ishibashi Music in Japan, but as far as I know, they don't export them anymore because of a Fender Japan ban on exports.

Didier

by **alanrisius** » 22 Dec 2015, 10:25

I bought a fiesta red strat from mijfenders.com, based in Edinburgh, in 2007. The letter that came with it was written by Jon Clark. Hope that helps!

by **AlanMcKillop** » 22 Dec 2015, 12:45

That's the guy Alan, many thanks.

by **Iain Purdon** » 22 Dec 2015, 13:29

I found my 2007 correspondence with him too, Alan, but his website http://www.mijfenders.com is no longer active and his eBay name jonstrat666 is not in the member list.

I assume he is no longer trading.

by **AlanMcKillop** » 22 Dec 2015, 17:48

I believe he is no longer with us Ian.

by **dave robinson** » 22 Dec 2015, 17:55

AlanMcKillop wrote:I believe he is no longer with us Ian.

That's sad news if that's the case, I bought a Mary Kaye style Premium Strat from Jon and Derek our bassist bought his red precision from him shortly after. Great instruments and a very helpful guy.

by **hansaustria** » 23 Dec 2015, 19:43

I bought one FR 57 CIJ Strat from him in 2004 ! Great sounding instrument !

Hans

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