For the FGM400 with a quilted maple top, see FGM400QM.
FGM400 Blazer Blue
The FGM400 is a solid body electric guitar introduced by Ibanez for 1997. It is a signature model of Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale. Along with the FGM400QM (which is a similar model with a quilted maple top) it replaced the FGM300 in the Frank Gambale series.
Like the other FGM models, the FGM400QM is based on the S series but has a deeply set neck with the pickups and tremolo set flush to the top allowing extra low string clearance from the body, which Gambale sought.
The FGM400 features a thin, sculpted mahogany body bolted to a maple Wizard neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with binding and special inlay at the 12th fret. Components include Ibanez pickups with an Axis Humbucker 2 at the bridge and a pair of SB2 single coil sized blade humbucker pickups in the middle and neck positions, a Lo-Pro Edge double locking tremolo bridge, beehive control knobs and Gotoh tuning machines. Controls consist of a master volume and tone and a five-way lever pickup selector; the volume has a push-pull switch to activate the neck pickup. The FGM400QM is the first Frank Gambale model with an exotic veneer top.
The FGM400QM is a similar model with a quilted maple veneer top.
The FGM400 and FGM400QM were the final Frank Gambale models produced by Ibanez; the series was discontinued after 1999.
