Bass Japan Direct

NOTICE DEC 23rd 2023: Due to the $USD falling against the Yen, you may see prices going up again, especially on recently listed stock. Older stock is still at sale price though, but are also on sale on other platforms so may become unavailable.

SHIPPING DESTINATIONS & STATUS:
USA, Canada, UK and most of Europe is operational with UPS: 5-10 day delivery
Australia is limited to UPS as normal (but at least 28000JPY) or EMS neck-off shipping: 5-7 day delivery
New Zealand: EMS operational as usual, some delays may occur 7-14 day delivery
Hongkong, Singapore and most of SEA: EMS accepted, 3 - 4 day delivery
Philippines has strict import rules, please check with authorities about importing used goods.

NOTE: We can work out difficulties with shipping with you if you are in doubt. Drop us a line on our website or here, and we will get back to you.

PAYMENTS: Paypal, Reverb Payments,Visa, Mastercard and Transferwise direct through our website: bassjapandirect.com or wise.com

MISSION STATEMENT:
Bringing you the finest in Japanese hand made custom, new, used and vintage basses, direct from the source to your door, from bassist to bassist!

OVERVIEW:
Bass Japan Direct is a small family run operation run by a pro bassist for bassists of any ilk worldwide, to access the wealth of wonderful basses available here in Japan. In our short 5 years, we have been honored to serve customers from all over the world from hobbyists to well known professionals ( including Dave Swift, Anthony Wellington, and Ethan Farmer to name a few).

Offering custom builds from dragonfly, STR, Momose, Bacchus, and AtelierZ, and now Moon! We also offer special shipping options if you need them, such as neck-off shipping to reduce costs and so-on.
We like to keep things small in order to make communication smooth between ourselves, our customers and the builders we work with.
Feel free to inquire any time!

FLEXIBLE PAYMENT PLANS:
We can only offer BUY NOW sales on Reverb at present due to limitations. Thank you for your understanding. We expect Affirm to be rolled out here in Japan shortly, hopefully by 2020.

BACKGROUND:
Hello and thank you for visiting my little treasure trove of MIJ goodies! Let me tell you a bit about myself and how this started..
My name is Danny Stewart, I am a British bassist who moved to Tokyo 15 years ago, having worked in London as a pro bassist doing session work and some touring stints.
Bass Japan Direct was started having spent years living in Tokyo and trying out, collecting, documenting and reviewing various MIJ basses on Youtube. My channel grew and I found I kept getting requests to find this bass or that bass, and often succeeded! I decided then that working with some of my favorite brands here in Japan would be a great way to expand my channel and introduce these brands fantastic builds to subscribers, students and any enthusiasts who might stumble upon my channel.
I began doing business with Bacchus and STR after they hired me in late 2013 to do demonstrations for their Bacchus Woodline series, and also live demonstrations for Bacchus, Momose and STR at trade fairs here in Japan. I added and began to carry Atelier Z the next year, and dragonfly the year after that in 2015 and now Moon in 2018!
To date I have had over 300 custom orders for all makers and have shipped hundreds of Bacchus stock MIJ and MIP basses and hundreds of used MIJ basses such as Greco, Tune, Tokai, ESP and more around the globe.

I really enjoy working with the brands I have selected so far, and can communicate with them pretty much seamlessly in Japanese order to manage my customer's requests smoothly. I visit the builders here in Tokyo often and am in contact with them all on a regular basis.
It is great to have such a level of communication in order to bring my customers their custom builds without a hitch, and to have these wonderful instruments pass through my little shop!

I also work occasionally with Xotic and Sugi for those of you that want custom orders from them, but the demand for them is low so I do not carry them frequently. Feel free to inquire anytime if you want to order any of them.

I hope I can be of service to you some day soon!

Sincerely,

Danny Stewart

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