with her Sago
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Yeah! There we go! 
Loved the video and the goofiness to it… and we actually hear you swear! LOL!
I am a Patreon member for my favorite band The Birthday Massacre and every month or so, they have a livestream for their Patreons. It’s great being able to “hang out” with the band, ask them questions, and get to know them. Because of this, when I see them on tour (just saw them on 4/7/25) they know me as a person. Not a “virtual fan” or an “online fan”. They know me by name.
I had fun watching this video because it felt like you were hanging out with your fans. Maybe a livestream where you can hang out with us from here would be cool.
It’s an idea.
Both basses were sweet!
Did you go to Ochanomizu?
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Her Sago
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Two grand for a deposit on a four grand bass is macho 
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So speaking of Ochanomizu and Sago, I have a story.
A forum member has asked me if there were any stores in Tokyo specializing in left hand instruments. I didn’t know of any but since this is exactly the kind of thing Japan would go deep on, I was sure there would be at least one store that was the king of lefties. And sure enough, I found it - Taniguchi Gakki in Ochanomizu.
It’s on Meidai-dori in the block after most of the shops. It’s on the 3rd floor of a pretty nondescript building, and it’s full of really high quality left handed guitars and basses. Like, a really nice collection. A leftie mother lode.
And for the basses, of particular note were the Sagos and Sires. I’ll just stop talking and put up pictures but the Sago basses looked outstanding.
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Some very nice looking basses!
Have you considered opening an export company in Japan ? 
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There is actually a guy doing this and he looks both reputable and inexpensive. Like, I would charge more than he does so there’s little point
But it’s easy enough to do yourself for most instruments so I would only use an agent for something rare.
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Yeah, I know… I pinged him once, didn’t like the way he spoke, so either buying one “online”, that I know I want… like this one:
Or will take a very deep wallet and spend a week in Japan browsing and 1 week touristing
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Shimamura is reputable (and I have bought from them myself) but yeah you really want to come here because those are everywhere and you could pick the one you want.
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Hey! Thanks for the tour. I am not a “lefty” but I did see some thick bass straps in a couple of your pictures. So it looks like that should be fairly easy to find (I hope I can get the right color).
Thank you “Man on the Street”! Or would that be “Tori no Otoko” (通りの男)?
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“Michi Otoko” totally sounds like a homeless guy
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Or a cool rock band name. 
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Not even exactly sure how I would say “man on the street” here. "道の上に男” just doesn’t work, too literal - that guy on top of the road.
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I pinged him as well and told him of the two basses I would like him to find. He basically told me “those are hard” and that was that.
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