It's like Jazz Bass pup locations, but with P pups. Great idea!
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NBD - Fujigen FGN Mighty Power Double P!
- Thread starter SgtHulka
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Can you see if the frets have a bit of an arc to them? Maybe they bow just a tad toward the body?
Cool bass! I have a Fender Blacktop with dual P pickups. I like yours better.My years long search for a killer P not Fender came to a crashing halt about a month ago when I saw @LowEndLobster 's video on this bass. I don't like the radius on Fender P' necks and also wanted a smaller profile, smaller frets, and more versatility. I wanted to simplify the herd. I will admit that in the last many years I have gone down the rabbit hole of preamps and tone tricks. Coming back to passive is a hell of a relief. There is beauty in simplicity and as I've improved, I find that this is a much better route that allows me to focus on playing more.
I did 3 weeks of heavy due diligence and it checked all of my boxes. I don't usually ever buy right away, and when I was still gassing on it 3 weeks later, I knew I had to pull the trigger, especially with very few of these available. As Lobster said, "Japanese hand made quality at Fender Mexican prices". Seriously. Arrived from Japan in only 2 days! I got to run it at band practice full bore a few days ago.
The neck is definitely something special. One thing you will notice, you can see the neck is finished specifically for each body and at the heel, there is no "extra neck" there that comes out of the neck pocket before flattening down like of mass assembled instruments. I don't play that far up very often but it feels very nice and it's a nice example of the craftsmanship here. I like the mean looking body style. The SBP-3's sound killer and the slightly more forward front pickup position is perfect for reggae of which I play a lot of. Both pups wide open are a rock players dream. The back pickup gets close to a MM tone and is WAY more useful in this configuration than a P/J. And the back pickup actually feels good to play over because it isn't so close to the bridge like most P/J's where it is difficult to play because of string tension.
I could go on and on but this bass is just killer, and an excellent value - of which many of you now know is one of my prerequisites.. Enjoy the pics!
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The CFS is super slight and just exaggerated in the diagram from what I can tell.
WOW!
And as if "WOW" is not enough, the coils for the P type pickups are positioned in the best way. The D&G coils favoring the neck!
Fantastic bass! "Unique City"!!!!!!!!!!
And as if "WOW" is not enough, the coils for the P type pickups are positioned in the best way. The D&G coils favoring the neck!
Fantastic bass! "Unique City"!!!!!!!!!!
My years long search for a killer P not Fender came to a crashing halt about a month ago when I saw @LowEndLobster 's video on this bass. I don't like the radius on Fender P' necks and also wanted a smaller profile, smaller frets, and more versatility. I wanted to simplify the herd. I will admit that in the last many years I have gone down the rabbit hole of preamps and tone tricks. Coming back to passive is a hell of a relief. There is beauty in simplicity and as I've improved, I find that this is a much better route that allows me to focus on playing more.
I did 3 weeks of heavy due diligence and it checked all of my boxes. I don't usually ever buy right away, and when I was still gassing on it 3 weeks later, I knew I had to pull the trigger, especially with very few of these available. As Lobster said, "Japanese hand made quality at Fender Mexican prices". Seriously. Arrived from Japan in only 2 days! I got to run it at band practice full bore a few days ago.
The neck is definitely something special. One thing you will notice, you can see the neck is finished specifically for each body and at the heel, there is no "extra neck" there that comes out of the neck pocket before flattening down like of mass assembled instruments. I don't play that far up very often but it feels very nice and it's a nice example of the craftsmanship here. I like the mean looking body style. The SBP-3's sound killer and the slightly more forward front pickup position is perfect for reggae of which I play a lot of. Both pups wide open are a rock players dream. The back pickup gets close to a MM tone and is WAY more useful in this configuration than a P/J. And the back pickup actually feels good to play over because it isn't so close to the bridge like most P/J's where it is difficult to play because of string tension.
I could go on and on but this bass is just killer, and an excellent value - of which many of you now know is one of my prerequisites.
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Very nice. Congrats.
Awesome bass!
It does look like the E & A pickups are in the 60s Jazz positions. With that and where the D& G pickups are it seems like it’d be pretty perfect.
Even though there’s more material there than necessary, the bases to the tuning machines are freaking gorgeous!
CFS looks like it would come into play more on instruments with a wide difference in string spread between the bridge and the nut like on a Jazz.
It does look like the E & A pickups are in the 60s Jazz positions. With that and where the D& G pickups are it seems like it’d be pretty perfect.
Even though there’s more material there than necessary, the bases to the tuning machines are freaking gorgeous!
CFS looks like it would come into play more on instruments with a wide difference in string spread between the bridge and the nut like on a Jazz.
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That is absolutely fantastic! I appreciate your comment about the “extra neck“ issue with many factory basses. That drives me nuts and your bass is a perfect example of an elegant solution.
