Sandwich body with a one-piece maple neck - flexible choice with dominant low-mids
A flat-body design laminated out of three types of wood makes this variant a flexible choice for everything from fingerstyle, to slap, and pick playing. A sandwich construction with an ash or alder back, a top-wood of your choice, and a wenge tone-block in between.
Fast and responsive sound, with a long sustain and fat low-mid character.
・May 2024 "Stainless Fret", which has been patronized by many users for many years as F.C.G.R.'s original fret, has changed its product name and packaging to "Eternal Fret". We look forward to your continued patronage.
・February 2020 The logo design of all original guitar and bass products has been changed.
Specifications
Dulake Flat-4st.
Neck / Shape
Maple / Fat U-Shape
Scale
34in
Joint
Arimizo & One Point Joint
Nut / Nut Width
Real Carbon / 39mm
Fret
Eternal Fret / EI-W-019WARM / 24F
Fingerboard Radius
400R
Top Position Mark
・Rosewood FB:Abalone with border Oval ・Maple FB:White Shell with border Oval
Commitment to carefully selected wood and durability
To build a guitar that sounds great even after 100 years, at F.C.G.R. we select our woods very carefully. The selected wood is stabilized in our special humidity-controlled warehouse for up to one year to eliminate the possibility of warpage later.
Original frets
Our stainless-steel fret wire has been specially developed by F.C.G.R. to be completely rust-proof and reduce the necessity for maintenance for the lifetime of the instrument. Additionally, our stainless steel produces a warmer sound, eliminating the excessive brightness often associated with typical stainless steel frets.
Stability and solid performance
Often guitars and basses are strung up for the first time after the fretwork and set-up have been completed. At F.C.G.R. after the necks are painted, we assemble the full instrument and tension up their strings for a few weeks - this allows the neck to settle into its final stable shape. Using a specially designed rig, we then adjust the frets with the neck in its final playing position, with the same curvature as when strings are present. Through this process we can achieve the highest standard for our fretwork, which cannot be achieved in mass-produced instruments.
Glow in the dark side-position markers
We use Luminlay SG-30 (3mm) side-position markers which gather light and glow in the dark. It is a small touch, but invaluable on a dark stage - where it will allow you to play with greater confidence and less worry about losing your way around the fingerboard.
Color
There is a story behind each of our original colours - and we continue to develop new ones all the time!
Since the thickness, and type, of paint and lacquer used influences the resonance of the instrument, we can use our years of experience to produce a finish that brings out the character of your individual instrument.
We welcome you to inspect our colour chart, and visit our showroom if possible to see our finishes in person. And if there are colours that you would like on your instrument and cannot see on our page - please let us know, we'll do our best meet your request.
ARIMIZO & One Point Joint: a new dimension for tone control
We have developed, and patented, a new way of controlling the tone of your instrument by varying the degree of mechanical dampening of vibrations. By adjusting a single bolt, you can vary between a snappier response, or a more dampened vintage tone. With the bolt tightened, some overtones are suppressed, the attack becomes stronger and response is immediate. With the bolt loosened, you get a warmer sound, rich in overtones. It truly feels as if you had just switched instruments. To maintain the stability of the joint consistently with the natural expansion and shrinkage that occurs in wood, utmost precision and high technological sophistication is necessary. Our design is covered by the patent number 5879135.