davidl Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 A buddy of mine came over last Friday night and left behind a guitar for me. More of a novelty for me as its a lefty but still pretty decent. Did a little research and discovered it is an Ibanez, built at the FujiGen factory in Japan in July 1977. They were making very fine guitars at the time. Very well built and the fretboard looks like it has hardly been played. The body has a few nicks and scratches. Going to change strings, do a setup and moisturize the fret board and give a bit of a polishing. I can't play it but I do have friends that pop over sometimes who are lefty's so it will be fun to hand them a guitar to play. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlanH Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Nice! I guess that's one of the LPs they call a lawsuit. You could also start to learn to play left handed as well as right. That would be cool since you have an excellent guitar that should make a seemingly difficult task easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The FujiGen factory turned out some very high-quality instruments in the '70s (and afterwards) and Ibanez, along with Yamaha, were highly-regarded for their craftsmanship. Is it a set-neck or a bolt-on? Either way I'll bet it's a great player. I'm sure your 'Southpaw' friends will love it! P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 String it as a righty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 ...or cross your hands over when you play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Cool... So you play both ways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 String it as a righty. The thought has crossed my mind but the bridge is mounted at an angle. I woiuld have to drill to move the bridge and I don't want to do that. There isn't enough travel for the saddles to allow for proper intonation with the present bridge placement. I think it will stay the way it is. I believe completely original. Good thought though Tim. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Cool... So you play both ways? I have enough of a challenge playing on one team. This dog is too old to learn new tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Nice! I guess that's one of the LPs they call a lawsuit. You could also start to learn to play left handed as well as right. That would be cool since you have an excellent guitar that should make a seemingly difficult task easier. I do believe it would fit the lawsuit era. The guitar to the left in the picture is also Japanese made and of the same era. I bought it new in 1978 or 79. It was made by the Kasuga factory for the Canadian market under the brand name Northern. Not too many of these around and also an excellent instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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