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Paulhauser
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After many years of not even wanting one and somewhat disliking its sound, lately I have decied that I'm getting old enough to own a P bass (ok, I know, I know 🙂 )

So this FGN Neo Classic P came around and I bought it without hesitation. FGN is the house brand of the Japaneese Fujigen factory that produced many Fender MIJ /CIJ basses and also do the MIJ Prestige line for Ibanez amogst others.

 I've had 2 FGN jazzes before and they left a very good impression in terms of build quality and overall feel and this one did not disappoint either. FGN basses are of great value, if they had a decent European distribution they'd be a lot more known I think.

I bought it used from Denmark and the courier company actually lost this within their system for a week. Fortunately it was found and delivered in the end. Shipping cost was paid back as a reimbursement though, so it was all good in the end 🙂

The bass: nothing extraordinary to write home about, 'just' a great P bass with great attention to detail, flawless finish, nice feel and in a very cool color (would love to have a white pearl pickguard though) Alder/rosewood, the sound is surprisingly strong and lively (D'Addario Chromes are on it) Neck is somewhere between a jazz and a P,  very comfortable for me.  The bass has a circle fret system with slightly curved frets (see last pic) Its not really noticeable but it's there FWIW.

As I use exclusively 5 string Spector basses for the gigs I do I bought this bass primarily for having a good P for noodling on and the occasional need to play a P with flats on it 🙂 So this is covered now and I'm more than happy as this bass sounds a lot more than I've expected and handles really well.

Now the pics:

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2 hours ago, naxos10 said:

Nice looking bass there Mr Paulhauser, just the right shade or red.

Thanks! Never had a solid color red bass before, but the color was one of the selling point for me (wouldn't have wanted a generic sunburst P, no issue with the SB at all, but wanted someting else)

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No one going to comment on that weird fret diagram at the end of the OP... sort of multiscale but not in a way I've seen before...???

How does this feature on your bass? Does it sound better?

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9 hours ago, visog said:

No one going to comment on that weird fret diagram at the end of the OP... sort of multiscale but not in a way I've seen before...???

How does this feature on your bass? Does it sound better?

The frets look straight so even if there is a curve to them it isn't really noticeable visually.

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