Fugijen (FGN) Guitars are a Japanese guitar manufacturer that are probably not that well known to most, although they have built guitars for other well-known brands such as Ibanez and Fender, and Epiphone. FGN Guitars are now branching out with their own line of guitars, and distributing them around the …
My Ibanez RG470 is my old faithful, it’s the first guitar I ever bought myself, and my first decent guitar. I’ve had it since 1995, when I bought it brand new for around $800AUD. I’ve since upgraded it with an original Edge tremolo bridge and EMG pickups. It’s been through …
Since my wife and new-born son were still in hospital, and having a nap I thought I would go into my local music store and try the Ibanez RG465 and a Blackstar HT-1 combo. I thought I might give them both a mini review. The RG465 is an Indonesian made, …
I’ve mostly been an EMG pickup user over the last 5-6 years. I decided that when I got my Ibanez 20th Ann RG550RFR that I wanted to load up some passive DiMarzios for something different. I started off with a DiMarzio PAF Pro in the bridge position, and whilst I …
I’m going to start this review by saying that I really do not like Les Pauls. Sure, I love the tones I’ve heard on many different albums where Les Pauls have been used. In fact I’ll come out and say that the tone of a good Les Paul is an …