NGD: Japanese Goodness

dindude

Following the sale of my Suhr Alt T I wanted to get something a bit more traditional semi 335 ish. 

Not adverse to taking a risk or too on a NGD I punted for this FGN Masterfield.

One reason it appealed is I think it’s one of the most balanced and “right” looking Semis around - smaller than a 335, bigger than a 339 - still feels like your holding a semi but much more manageable than a 335 and this one weighs under 7lbs so really light too.Goldilocks! 

Anyway won’t bore you with too much more, but chunky neck, beautiful build (those fret and fingerboard ends!) and very toneful, early days but I think this one paid off!

https://i.imgur.com/xS5kUyp.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1lWmSEI.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PkuM1Hd.jpg

Jota

Looks great. Congrats.

Whitecat

Awesome. I love virtually everything FGN is doing. Congrats!!

Pete.R

Congrats on your Masterfield

FGN are way underrated - IMO of course

I've 3 of them....

https://i.imgur.com/jguqP9l.jpg

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dindude

Whitecat said:

Awesome. I love virtually everything FGN is doing. Congrats!!

Me too, I’ve got previous with an Odyssey Standard which is very impressive for the price so thought they could do some real good at a higher price point. Have to stop
myself looking at Lliads now! 

DrJazzTap

Looks lovely. I had a tokai es130 which was lovely, but I always found it slightly too big and delicate. I also think the 339 bodyshape is a bit too small, that fgn looks like the perfect compromise.

Schnozz

Dibs.

Jota

DrJazzTap said:

Looks lovely. I had a tokai es130 which was lovely, but I always found it slightly too big and delicate. I also think the 339 bodyshape is a bit too small, that fgn looks like the perfect compromise.

Ibanez AS models are also somewhere between a 335 and a 339.

merciful-evans

Excellent choice. I have wondered about getting one of those. Where did you buy? 

(I have a Fujigen build Tele)
Congrats 

TTBZ

Very nice, I think that's the FGN model I've played quite a bit and they're great guitars.

dindude

merciful-evans said:

Excellent choice. I have wondered about getting one of those. Where did you buy? 

(I have a Fujigen build Tele)
Congrats 

bought from Reverb through a German retailer - no issues and the second FGN I’ve bought this way as no real stock in the UK.

Pete.R

dindude said:

bought from Reverb through a German retailer - no issues and the second FGN I’ve bought this way as no real stock in the UK.

Which German dealer/retailer did you get it from ?

Kebabkid

Great looking Dan!

jeztone2

Aren’t these the same guitars that were the Epiphone Elitist series? I’m sure I read somewhere that Fujigen had built them. 

Looks lovely BTW.

dindude

jeztone2 said:

Aren’t these the same guitars that were the Epiphone Elitist series? I’m sure I read somewhere that Fujigen had built them. 

Looks lovely BTW.

Entirely possible that the Elitists were built by FujiGen but their own FGN branded guitars are their own take on things. This is constructed slightly differently to a Gibson Semi - the sides and centre block is carved out of a piece of mahogany as below pic and the top and back are maple, not sure if laminate or 1 piece but I can see the same flame on the inside - plus the 15” lower bout width - has more in common with a Collings i35 than a 335 on some respects. 

https://i.imgur.com/wvxQWXq.jpg

jeztone2

Oh Wow!!! That looks tasty.

Greatape

Wonder how these compare to Eastman?

Looks delish