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Some guitars walk in… and immediately steal the spotlight.
This FA-80 is one of the most stunning Japanese hollowbodies we’ve ever had: fully flamed maple on every surface, insane 3D figuring, and that unmistakable “Clear Sound Project” openness and resonance.
It can go head-to-head with any Gibson ES-175 on the planet.
Built in October 1990, this is one of those guitars from the post-lawsuit golden era where Japan quietly out-engineered the USA.
If you love ES-175s, this FA-80 is exactly the kind of instrument that made Gibson nervous: warmer, livelier, insanely resonant, and built with woods Gibson USA simply weren’t using anymore.
Warm, velvet-smooth jazz tone.
Flatwound strings.
Full hollow.
Ridiculously good feel.
— with the specs to back it up.