The MC300 is a Musician series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1978. It was made in Japan by FujiGen with production beginning in late 1977.
Like most Musician models, the MC300 features neck through body construction. It has body wings made up of an ash core sandwiched between two layers of mahogany on a five-piece maple and walnut neck with a 24-fret ebonized rosewood fingerboard with abalone dot position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 88 humbucking pickups mounted in integrated plastic covers with individual volume and tone controls and Tri-sound switches for each pickup, a Tune-o-matic style Gibraltar bridge mounted to a sustain block embedded in the neck, a Gibraltar tailpiece w/ scalloped "cloud" ornament, a bone and brass nut, rubberized Sure Grip control knobs, a ¼" output mounted in the guitar top and Velve-Tune II machine heads.
Several changes were made to the MC300 over its three-year production run. The earliest examples lacked the Tri-sound switches; it's not totally clear when these were added, but it was sometime in 1978. In mid 1978 the body shape was modified slightly with smaller horns and a symmetric waist and lower bout. In around October 1979 a 6-position rotary varitone control was added.[1]
The MC300LE is a similar limited edtion model sold only in 1979. The MC300L is a left-handed version. The MC200 is a related model without the Tri-sound switches or varitone and with chrome hardware. The MC400 is a related model with a 7-piece neck and active electronics.
The MC300 was discontinued after 1980 and replaced by the similar MC350.
