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FGM400QM BA
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The FGM400QM is a solid body electric guitar introduced by Ibanez for 1997. It is a signature model of Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale. It is the fourth model in the Frank Gambale series. Along with the FGM400 it replaced the FGM300.

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 FGM400QM features a quilted maple veneer top on 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 FGM400 is a similar model without the exotic veneer top.

The FGM400 and FGM400QM were the final Frank Gambale models produced by Ibanez and the series was discontinued after 1999.

Specifications[]

Specifications for FGM400QM
Model name: FGM400QM
Year(s) offered: 1997–1999
Sold in: Worldwide
Made in: Japan
Finish(es): Blonde Amber (BA)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Mahogany w/ quilted maple top
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:
FGM block at 12th
Frets:
22 / Jim Dunlop #6230
Nut:
Top-Lok III
Machine heads:
Gotoh SG38
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HSS
Bridge pickup:
Ibanez AH2 (H)
Middle pickup:
Ibanez SB2 (S)
Neck pickup:
Ibanez SB2 (S)
Switch:
VLX91
Controls:
Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector / push/pull neck pickup switch on volume
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[]

Additional details
FGM400QM BA front
Body front
FGM400QM BA rear
Body rear
FGM400QM BA inlay
Fretboard inlay
FGM400QM BA headstock
Headstock
FGM HSS wiring
Pickup switching diagram

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