FG100 and FA100

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Author Message Acetan Username: Acetan Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 11:59 pm:    Is it just me or it is true that FG100's sell for much more than FA100's? They seem to be very much the same except for the Florentine and the Venetian cut-outs. As far as I know, Gibson ES175's came with both cut-outs and the prices for both models are similar. Ace Fg100 Username: Fg100 Registered: 03-2004 Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 6:25 am:    Acetan, I don't know if one is more sought after than the other. I’ve never seen an FG100 selling for “much more” than a FA100. Normally I see both models getting between E600 and E750. Acetan Username: Acetan Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 12:38 am:    I thought that FG100's are selling for around $900 US while the FA100's are about $700. May be something wrong with my memory. The brain's the first to go? Ace Eastmongo Username: Eastmongo Registered: 03-2004 Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 8:48 pm:    Acetan! Can you give me your comparison of FG and FA?in terms of playability and sound? Have you tried any heavy jazz string on them? Acetan Username: Acetan Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 1:05 am:    Playability is great on both even though the two necks feel quite different. The 81 FA has neck profile similar to all my other early 80's AS and AM's but the 86 FG has neck similar to my 86 AM205. I would say, from this observation, that Ibanez has changed, around 85 to 86, from a more V-shaped to a more U-shaped neck profile. I am not quite 5'9" so I feel more comfortable with the FG's thinner body. But when I play sitting down, the difference is hardly noticed. I put identical flat-wounds on both last month and found the FA with its larger dimensions is more resonant and has a woody tone. The FG though, has better sustain and sounds more mellow. The best I can discribe the difference is to put them in terms of wine tasting. The FA is dryer and lighter, the FG is a hint sweeter with a fuller body. One more difference: the FG sounds very warm and sweet from low to mid volume level but the FA really sings at high volume, and its tone improves tremendously when the pickups are really pushing. Is it because the FA has Super 70's and the FG has Super 58's? I don't know. Eastmongo Username: Eastmongo Registered: 03-2004 Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 2:21 am:    Thanks Acetan! FA has a little more old schoolish sounds? FG is more close to today's standard? FA---when you play at high volume, you said it really sings. Does it get feed back?since hollowbody is not generally meant to be played with the volume all the way up except Ted Nugent . Super 70 is hotter than 58? 86yr super 58 is still same as early 80s and late 70s Super 58? Acetan Username: Acetan Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 12:27 pm:    First of all, a correction. My FG100 is an 87, not 86. The 58s on it have the similar ohm readings as my early 80s 58s and yes the 70s are hotter. I only play at home through a 50 watts Musicman and with the volume at max on the guitar, I can only turn the amp up to 7/10 or people will complain. At that level, there's no feedback. I might add though, my friend's GB10 would feedback like crazy at the same settings but not his Joe Pass. Ace

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