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The FGM100 is a solid body electric guitar introduced by Ibanez in 1991. It is a signature model of Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale. It is the first model in the Frank Gambale series.

The FGM100 is based on the S series 540S-LPF. It has a mahogany body bolted to a maple neck with a 22-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with color-matched sharktooth position markers. Components include a double locking tremolo bridge and a three humbucker pickup setup.

The pickups are mounted flush with the body, the fretwire is low, and the neck and tremolo are deeply set all in order to minimize the distance between the strings and body. It also features the All Access Neck Joint.

The FGM100 was discontinued after 1993 in favor of the new FGM300.

Specifications[]

Specifications for FGM100
Model name: FGM100
Year(s) offered: 1991–1993
Sold in: Worldwide
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: ¥150,000 (1992)[1]
Finish(es): Black (BK) 1991-1992 / Desert Sun Yellow (DY) / Pink Salmon (PS) / Sky Blue (SB) 1992
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Mahogany
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
1991: Edge tremolo
1992–1993: Lo-Pro Edge tremolo (10.8mm string spacing)
Knob style:
Beehive
Hardware color:
Black
Neck
Neck type:
Wizard
Neck material:
1-piece maple
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood w/ binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Sharktooth color-matched (except Black finish)
Frets:
22 / Dunlop 6230 (.079" x .043")[2] 18% nickel silver hard
Nut:
Top-Lok III
Machine heads:
Gotoh SG38
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HSH
Bridge pickup:
DiMarzio Dual Sound (H)
Middle pickup:
DiMarzio HS-3 (H)
Neck pickup:
IBZ/USA F1 (H)
Controls:
Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector
Output jack:
¼" stereo barrel (angled face mount)
String gauge (factory):
.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Other available finishes / details
FGM100 BK
Black
FGM100 SB
Sky Blue
FGM100 SB rear
Sky Blue (rear)

Sources[]

  1. 1992 Japan catalog (p. 5)
  2. Dunlop fret wire chart, Jim Dunlop, archived September 2020
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