I Really Want Yui’s Guitar

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Apparently the TBS ishop recently started taking preorders for special guitars based on those of K-ON’s Yui and Mio. The Hirasawa Yui Model Beginner’s Electric Guitar and Akiyama Mio Model Beginner’s Bass sell for 29800 yen each and come with a set of limited edition clear stickers to make the perfect otaku guitar. The guitars are designed for girls and middle/high school students and as such are made of light materials for a lighter than standard weight.

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Being an easily influenced otaku I somehow feel like I want to buy Yui’s guitar despite having absolutely no experience playing at all. Of course I do realize I could just get a Cherry Sunburst Epiphone Les Paul Special 100 for roughly the same price and just order custom decals to decorate it in Yui goodness. Then there is also the issue of cheapness due to the lighter materials and the extra costs from getting it from Japan. So would I actually buy the official Yui version? High chances are no since my monies are going elsewhere. However my sibling is thinking of getting a guitar so maybe I can influence the decision a bit towards a Cherry Sunburst Les Paul so I can pretend I’m Yui part-time or full-time if my sibling gets bored of it and I end up getting it.

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    • Seinime on July 28, 2009 at 5:12 am

    300$…O_o I wonder how much Mio’s bass should cost? So many guitar sales going up because if K-On…>_>
    .-= Seinime´s last blog ..A snail shooting magicial glomping tsundere trap. =-.

    • Kairu on July 28, 2009 at 6:16 am

    I wouldn’t want my guitar to have Yui’s picture on it! Oh lawds.

    • Mike on July 28, 2009 at 11:25 am

    $300 US isn’t so bad actually for a practice guitar. It’s about how much I paid when I was in middle school for a Mexican-made Fender Stratocaster, and I played it regularly for almost 10 years without any issue. It’s certainly way, way cheaper than the Gibson Les Paul that Yui actually plays on the show which really is above $2k!

    I’d go with the Epiphone myself.
    .-= Mike´s last blog ..Indecent Otaku Comedy Hour: Official Video =-.

  1. I kinda want the bass, but I’m probably never going to try learning it anyway.
    .-= Zeroblade´s last blog ..In Other News… =-.

    • Honya on July 29, 2009 at 6:07 pm
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    @Seinime: Otaku including myself are way to impressionable.

    @Kairu: How about one with Basara then?

    @Mike: Thanks for the advice. Research without experience can only go so far in making a wise purchasing decision.

    @Zeroblade: If I weren’t truly interested in trying to learn how to play, I probably wouldn’t even bother thinking of getting one despite how much I love the actual series.

    • marisa on July 30, 2009 at 12:13 pm

    omg i want it soo much… i went on the website but i dont understand japanese… does anyone know if they will import to the uk?

    • Citrus on July 30, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    @Honya: I would buy a guitar with Basara! Then I’d rock so hard my glasses would explode and space vampires would go weak-kneed over me.

    • Chiisai on July 30, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    Wow, that’s a nice guitar. How I would love to own one – and all because of K-ON! XD

    • Honya on July 31, 2009 at 1:11 pm
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    @marisa: You can try a deputy service like Japan Auction Agency to order for you and ship it to the UK but it’s going to be really expensive after fees and overseas shipping.

    • Sil on August 18, 2009 at 4:18 am

    @ Citrus: I play bass, so I’ll be your Mylene then!

    And I’m content enough with my Fender clone Bass. Plus I’m too poor to buy a new Bass guitar =~=
    .-= Sil´s last blog ..Nendoroid Reimu – Consider bought =-.

    • wonjoon0330 on September 25, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    According to wikipedia, the guitar Yui uses is Heritage Cherry Sunburst Gibson Les Paul and that’s probably really expensive.

    • wonjoon0330 on September 25, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    Here’s the picture:
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Daves58historic.jpg
    Looks very similar to one Yui uses isn’t it?

    • Brent on November 6, 2009 at 6:00 am

    I would like to get it XD (would it still be available?)

    • anon on January 13, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    Thats not yui’s guitar. She got the heritage version which is $2000 USD.

    • IWANTYUI'SGUITAR on April 25, 2010 at 1:33 am

    the links they don’t work

  2. Yui’s, Azusa’s, and Mio’s (right hand and left hand) is still available for 29,800 yen it comes with a soft case (supposedly like the ones the girls carried), adjustment wrench, cable, instruction manual, some clear stickers, and i believe it possibly comes with the music notes for the opening song.

    • Ioryogi on August 11, 2010 at 8:54 am

    This’s sure alike with my Cherry Sunbrust Les Paulbut less expensive..=P
    So maybe i’ll buy Mio’s..

  3. i dont know if its worth the cost. i asked some proxy buyers… only 1 responded and he quoted me for 40,000 yen (domestic shipping ,handing, paypal fee, and commission). now 40,000 yen is like 450 US dollars… then theres the EMS shipping from japan to US.. that has got to be at least 60-80 US dollars.. so overall it cost 520ish dollars for a “cheaply made” mio guitar.. u can get buy a Fender Jazz Bass that is almost like MIo’s in USA for 600 dollars (which is better quality)…

    if yall know of a reliable and/or cheap buyer proxy ^.^ let me know. thank you.

    • Hirasawa Yui on August 22, 2010 at 3:18 am

    I want too…. <3

    • Saq on August 23, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    Rakuten also has an english site. That way you can skip another middleman

    • Nami on September 10, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    Duude. Looks really cool. -drool-

    Any idea how I can order it off of their site? Or maybe through another site that translate it? I tried randomly clicking arouond the TBS site, but it doesn’t exactly work that well. I checked out Rakuten but they only have this Blitz LP-450 that looks like Yui’s guitar, but without the little lines in the colors. It’s cheaper, with more stuff (extra string, cloth, case) but eh. I prefer this one. I think.

    Any idea how I can order it off online all the while reading in english and understanding what the heck is going on?

    • Nami on October 16, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    Ended up ordering that one. 🙂 I can’t wait to get it.

      • Conor on May 7, 2012 at 9:55 pm

      Hey, is the guitar any good? I was thinking, but I don’t know if I would trust it lol

    • Azuu' on January 10, 2013 at 10:34 am

    I want it too !! *O*

    • [Otaku]@Ben on September 25, 2013 at 10:24 am

    i really want the guitar , i was so excited of getting one .
    now … i need to earn many many money to buy one …….
    i don’t really know about guitar , but i am willing to learn !
    K-ON ! K-ON ! K-ON !
    watashiwa daisuki K-ONdesk

  4. Yui actually uses a Les Paul Gibson which is a $2,000 guitar! If you are poor like me go for the official guitar made for begginers.

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