The MC500L is a left-handed Musician series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1980. It was made in Japan by FujiGen.
Like most Musician models, the MC500L features neck through body construction. It has body wings made up of a maple core sandwiched between two layers of ash with a carved top on a seven-piece rock maple and black walnut neck with an oversized headstock to enhance sustain and a 24-fret ebony fingerboard with abalone dot position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 88 humbucking pickups mounted in integrated plastic covers, a Tune-o-matic style Gibraltar bridge mounted in a sustain block recessed into the neck, a Gibraltar slotted tailpiece with scalloped "cloud" ornament, rubberized Sure Grip control knobs and VelveTune machine heads.
The MC500L has active electronics consisting of a master volume control, a master tone control, a 3-way pickup selector mounted on the upper horn, a preamp gain (boost/ cut) control, a 3-band EQ (bass, mid and treble), a pair of Tri-sound switches to allow each pickup to be coil split or reverse phase, and an EQ on/off toggle. Ibanez refers to this configuration as the EQ Tone System.
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