Meeting with the FujiGen Founder Family [ FGN (FujiGen) Guitars Information Thread ]

[PeteR]

Straturday.....
my FujiGen made 'Strat'-shaped crew

 

[PeteR]

Happy Birthday to Yuichiro Yokouchi
Today the Founder of Fujigen celebrates his 97th turn around the sun.
Hopefully I'll get the chance to meet him personally in 2026,
when I'll be visiting the Founder-Family in Matsumoto, Japan



on the left at age 3 (1930) - on the right at age 87 (2014)
both pics taken at the same place

 

[PeteR]

Meeting with some members of my FGN-facebook group and the FGN-Distribution-Team for germany at the guitar-summit in Mannheim

Guitar Summit 2026 - Guitar Summit

www.guitarsummit.de

 

[PeteR]

I have a strong feeling one of those could be my next FGN

 

[3bolt79]

I have a strong feeling one of those could be my next FGN View attachment 1203

But they’re the wrong color

 

[PeteR]

for the UK based members

 

[PeteR]

What a beautiful guitar......

https://fgnguitars.com/eg/iliad/eil-ew1-rm/

 

[PeteR]

What a beautiful guitar......

https://fgnguitars.com/eg/iliad/eil-ew1-rm/

this Beauty is getting prepared for the big journey......

 

[3bolt79]

What a beautiful guitar......

https://fgnguitars.com/eg/iliad/eil-ew1-rm/

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Ah, that Gotoh goodness.

 

[PeteR]

What a beautiful guitar......

https://fgnguitars.com/eg/iliad/eil-ew1-rm/

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this Beauty is getting prepared for the big journey......
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finally this Beauty is 'on the road/plane' home to me

 

[PeteR]

10 year Anniversary
Ordered on Oct 31 2014 - Delivered Nov 3 2014
It was the start into a completely 'new' world of guitars for me.
Had 20 different FGNs over the years, currently 11 in the stable,
waiting for #12 to arrive
Could not be more happy to 'live' this journey

 

[PeteR]

 

[PeteR]

only one of each is available - and probably only for the JDM

EFL-FM/Black Jean※※11/5(火)発売予定※※ : Special Spot EFL |EFL-FM/Black Jean※※11/5(火)発売予定※※ : Special Spot EFL

EFL-QM/Black Jean※※11/5(火)発売予定※※ : Special Spot EFL |EFL-QM/Black Jean※※11/5(火)発売予定※※ : Special Spot EFL

 

[PeteR]

finally this Beauty is 'on the road/plane' home to me

if DHL-Express doesn't lie - it will be here by tomorrow

 

[PeteR]

DHL-Express didn' lie....

Finally my latest FGN (#12) arrived safely from Japan
FGN EIL-EW1-HS-RM or just Expert Iliad HojichaBurst
I am blown away..... it feels and looks even better than I rememberd it from grabbing one at the guitar-summit Mannheim some weeks ago.
Soon it will meet some of my amps.....

with another non-black sister

 

[BGood]

Unblack guitars ? You are really letting yourself go Peter, I'm worried.
Cataracts ? Glaucoma ?

 

[PeteR]

That's a great price ($855 / €810) including shipping !!
Might even be a mislabeled price, cause everywhere else, incl. Ishibashi-shop on reverb or eBay it's way more expensive.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/276728684396

 

[PeteR]

I feel so guilty....

 

[P-nutz]

Does anyone have any info on P90 pickups on a 2013 Fujigen Shimamura house brand guitar?

 

[PeteR]

Does anyone have any info on P90 pickups on a 2013 Fujigen Shimamura house brand guitar?

History or CoolZ ?

both probably had Gotoh pickups

here is a link to a site ( made by Frankie B. who's a MiJ Fanboy like me ) with catalogs, maybe there is detailed info

History Guitar Catalogues - Vintage Japan Guitars

All the Made in Japan History guitar and bass catalogues are available for free in PDF.

vintagejapanguitars.com

Cool Z Guitar Catalogues - Vintage Japan Guitars

All the guitars and basses catalogues of the Japanese brand are Cool Z are available for free.

vintagejapanguitars.com