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- 30 euro
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- Poznań, Polen
For sale a 1996 5-string Fenix by Young Chang PM-95 Gold. Top of the range - Mona Lisa.
Although South Korea's Young Chang was known as one of the world's largest piano manufacturers, in the late 1980s the company also gained a lucrative contract to produce budget Fenders - the Squier line. With gigantic facilities and Fender know-how, in 1989 the Koreans set their sights on launching their own copies of the most popular guitars under the Fenix brand.
The adventure was short-lived.
The duplicates under the YC banner were so good that they quickly threatened the original Fenders. The case went to court, production stopped and the Fenixes disappeared from shops for a few years. In 1996, the Koreans refreshed the logo, developed some original models and presented their guitars to the world again. One of these was the PM-95.
Built from maple and beautiful light rosewood, the bass is a high-end piece - you can see it in virtually every element. The guitar is perfectly fitted, the frets are scored no worse than in the 'boutiques', and the Gotoh keys and brass bridge with powerful saddles are top-of-the-range hardware. The passive circuit (vol,vol,tone + three-position switch) with two PB pickups is a classic rocking set-up - the bass has a lot of bottom end and a purring midrange, but a softer sound can also be achieved here: the pickups do not have an overly strong signal, so they do not get overdriven. The fifth string sounds strong and even despite the standard scale.
The guitar is very comfortable - the neck is relatively thin and the string spacing is narrow (Ibanez SR style). The frets still have plenty of life in them, the neck is straight and the string action is low. Maple is a heavy wood, but with a small body the bass is one of the light ones - it weighs 3.9 kg. It's also very load acoustically.
I rate the condition as excellent- the instrument has no chips or dents, just isolated mini-scratches on the lacquer and natural discoloration of the gold plated hardware.
I am selling with the hard case - battered on the outside but intact on the inside and fully operational.
Although South Korea's Young Chang was known as one of the world's largest piano manufacturers, in the late 1980s the company also gained a lucrative contract to produce budget Fenders - the Squier line. With gigantic facilities and Fender know-how, in 1989 the Koreans set their sights on launching their own copies of the most popular guitars under the Fenix brand.
The adventure was short-lived.
The duplicates under the YC banner were so good that they quickly threatened the original Fenders. The case went to court, production stopped and the Fenixes disappeared from shops for a few years. In 1996, the Koreans refreshed the logo, developed some original models and presented their guitars to the world again. One of these was the PM-95.
Built from maple and beautiful light rosewood, the bass is a high-end piece - you can see it in virtually every element. The guitar is perfectly fitted, the frets are scored no worse than in the 'boutiques', and the Gotoh keys and brass bridge with powerful saddles are top-of-the-range hardware. The passive circuit (vol,vol,tone + three-position switch) with two PB pickups is a classic rocking set-up - the bass has a lot of bottom end and a purring midrange, but a softer sound can also be achieved here: the pickups do not have an overly strong signal, so they do not get overdriven. The fifth string sounds strong and even despite the standard scale.
The guitar is very comfortable - the neck is relatively thin and the string spacing is narrow (Ibanez SR style). The frets still have plenty of life in them, the neck is straight and the string action is low. Maple is a heavy wood, but with a small body the bass is one of the light ones - it weighs 3.9 kg. It's also very load acoustically.
I rate the condition as excellent- the instrument has no chips or dents, just isolated mini-scratches on the lacquer and natural discoloration of the gold plated hardware.
I am selling with the hard case - battered on the outside but intact on the inside and fully operational.
