Emerald shipping video June 19
I saw this video and watched it. The sound was really low level, almost inaudible. It was amusing what the automated closed captioning did sometimes with Alistair's Irish accent. As usual there were a number of really nice guitars going out.... even a couple of different pairs going to the same buyers. Now THAT is a NGD.
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Yes, the sound was a bit ‘off’ this week, wasn’t it?
I love the vibrant red finish X10 about half way through. There’s one for those who think Emeralds are a bit subdued in real life. |
I had the impression that they were using the on-camera microphone this week. Alistair usually wears a wireless lavalier mic clipped to his t-shirt, and that works very well.
The silver CF weave under the transparent color is very nice. It makes the color really "pop" compared to the back CF weave in most Emeralds. I have briefly pondered asking about adding the silver weave to my pending custom build. But I like my green X20's so much now. Maybe one day later this summer I will get mentioned in a shipping video for my custom X20. |
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I just hope to see my custom x20 on the shipping video before Christmas. It was interesting in last weeks shipping video, Alistair alluded to the fact that last week had the highest # of orders in the company's history. I stack this up partly to the company just returning to full operation (although they were still taking orders during the shutdown) but mostly to the fact that everyone is now realizing there is not going to be any traveling for the foreseeable future. A new guitar is much cheaper than the yearly family vacation (at least mine anyway)
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Phil, my custom X20 was ordered in early February. It will get here when it gets here.... It's easy to be philosophical when you have a roomful of carbon fiber guitars. ;)
Good to hear they are getting lots of orders, regardless of the reason. Simon has commented to the effect that they are having trouble finding enough good people to keep up with demand. That is a good problem to have! |
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Ordered it January 9th and have been waiting, somewhat (ha!) patiently (less so when I see them going out to everyone else!), to check it out 'cause I'm also thinking seriously of an X20 with a "DADGAD" fan, thinking 25" to 25.75" (or maybe 26")...'twould be a good Xmas present for meself! Phil |
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But, I would have to quibble with your choice of words - there's nothing plain jane about a pure CF Emerald, and certainly nothing cheap about it ;) I prefer 'classic' and 'less expensive' myself :) Quote:
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Back in the good old (pre-virus) days, shipping via AnPost and USPS typically took 7-8 days to most US addresses, unless you encountered the holiday rush. My X30 ordered from stock in early December 2019 still only took seven days door to door. The current delay comes mostly backups at US Customs. For existing orders, Emerald has really stepped up and absorbed the considerable extra cost of using UPS and their side channel through Customs to reduce delivery delays. At some point I would expect that normal shipping will go back to parcel post again. You might be able to opt for UPS and pay the difference.
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I know you got burned, RP. And there are also a couple of other stories here about surprise Customs fees or "brokerage fees" charged by the shipper. Those should have been overturned as mistakes upon appeal to US Customs, but we never got any follow-up. But that is the exception, not the norm. I was trying to put the more typical case out there for readers. I have five Emeralds with a final more pending, and was never hit by any "gotchas". Dang! Maybe I just jinxed my upcoming transaction! :eek:
And I have the impression that the UPS upcharge is actually more than $238..... |
When my X20 arrived in Canada, I got hit with PST and GST (the 2 sales taxes) for just over $400. That was coming through the postal system. I believe that is the normal here, however sometimes things go through without that charge. If it would have come via UPS, I’m sure it would have been higher with the brokerage fees that they charge added in.
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Really looked at the X10s with interest... but that is likely to come to nothing. Pretty sure I am done for the foreseeable future. |
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