Just took possession of a Custom III left handed VBK. I am in Canada. It took only a week to arrive. DHL handles the German side of the order, and its handed over to Canada Post once it clears customs in Canada. Taxes, duty and Canada Post handling fee came to $120 cdn.
The guitar was well packaged, double boxed, contained an inspection card, and was wrapped in plastic and protected by foam in the box.
After tuning, the guitar was set up beautifully. Low action. I love the neck profile. The split coil humbuckers, tone and volume dials enable a wide variety of tones. The pickups (Tesla) are very responsive and you can easily control overdrive with the volume dial. The tone and volume dials are very easy to set, and not an on/off proposition like some guitars. The split coil humbuckers enable a whole nother level of tones. Lovely guitar and I love the way it plays.