Yeah, shipping is a rip, and what they charge to do the voltage conversion is robbery, plain and simple, they ought to be ashamed to charge that much. $384 is the normal, in-store retail price of a Blues Jr., on sale price, normally $299, slightly used models about the same to around $250, if you are coming this way in a few months and you got a $1000 to spend, a smart shopper could probaly pick up a Hot Rod Deluxe and a used Strat for that kind of cash, I don't know what kind of Customs duty you'll face going back home and you'll still be stuck with the voltage conversion , but that might get you a lot more for your money. If I can remember to do it, I'll search around and see if I can find a schematic for a Jr.& a Deluxe, if the same transformer is used for domestic and export models, the conversion could be done here, it only involves switching a few wires on the power transformer........
PS, Fender list price on anything, total marketing ploy, nothing they have sells for those prices..........

[Edited by pstring on 07-26-2002 at 11:35 PM]