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The FGM300 is a solid body electric guitar introduced by Ibanez in 1994, replacing the FGM100. It is a signature model of Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale. It was made in Japan by FujiGen.

Like the FGM100 it replaced, the FGM300 is based on the Ibanez S series and has flush mounted pickups and a deep-set neck and tremolo which allows an extra low string set-up. Changes include new pickups and the Green Metallic finish — this finish is variously referred to as GM (Green Metallic) or MG (Metallic Green) in the catalogs, but both are believed to be the same color.

The FGM300 features a mahogany body bolted to a maple Wizard neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with binding and sharktooth position markers. Components include DiMarzio pickups with a pair of traditional humbuckers flanking a single-coil sized rails humbucker, a Lo-Pro Edge double locking tremolo bridge and Gotoh tuning machines.

The FGM200 is a related model with a fixed bridge and rear-mounted pickups.

The FGM300 was discontinued after 1996 in favor of the new FGM400.

Specifications[]

Specifications for FGM300
Model name: FGM300
Year(s) offered: 1994–1996
Sold in: Worldwide
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: ¥150,000 (1995)[1]
Finish(es): Desert Sun Yellow (DY) / Green Metallic (GM) / Metallic Green (MG)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Mahogany
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
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
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 PAF Pro Lite (H)
Middle pickup:
DiMarzio Fast Track 1 (H)
Neck pickup:
DiMarzio FRED Lite (H)
Controls:
Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector push-pull coil-split on volume
String gauge (factory):
.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Available finishes
FGM300 DY
Desert Sun Yellow
FGM300 DY rear
Desert Sun Yellow (rear)
Additional details
Wiring-diagram 1994 FGM300-FGM200
Wiring diagram[3]

Sources[]

  1. 1995 Japan catalog (p. 27)
  2. Dunlop fret wire chart, Jim Dunlop, archived September 2020
  3. FGM300/FGM200 wiring diagram, Ibanez, archived February 2003
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