PF300CE

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The PF300CE is a Performance series acoustic-electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1999. It was produced in China.

The PC300CE features a dreadnought body with a hard Florentine cutaway constructed of a laminated spruce top on laminated mahogany sides and back. It has a high gloss finish. The round soundhole has a wood mosaic rosette. The mahogany neck has a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot position markers. Components include a compensated plastic saddle in a rosewood bridge with white bridge pins, a plastic nut, and chrome die-cast tuning machines.

Electronics consist of an Ibanez piezo transducer pickup connected to an Ibanez AEQ30 preamp with three band EQ feeding a ¼" stereo output jack.

For 2002 the pickup was replaced with a Fishman Sonicore and the preamp with an Ibanez AEQ-SS Shape Shifter.

The PF400CE is a similar model with sycamore top. The PC300CE is a related acoustic model with mini-jumbo body.

The PF300CE was discontinued after 2002.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for PF300CE

Name: PF300CE

Year(s) offered: 1999–2002

Sold in: Europe / USA 1999

Made in: China

Finishes: Natural (NT) / Transparent Green (TGR) 2000 Europe only

Body

Body type:
Acoustic

Body shape:
Dreadnought w/ a hard Florentine cutaway

Dimensions:
  Body length: 515mm/ 20¼"
  Width: 400mm/ 15¾"
  Depth: 125mm/ 4⅞"

Top:
  Material: Spruce (laminated)
  Bracing: X
  Finish: High gloss
  Binding: Multi-ply

Back/sides:
Material: Mahogany (laminated)
Finish: High gloss

Soundhole shape:
Round

Soundhole rosette:
Wood mosaic

Neck

Neck profile:
PF

Neck material:
1-piece mahogany

Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"

Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ white binding

Inlays:
Pearl dot

Frets:
20 / medium nickel silver

Nut:
Plastic (48mm)

Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast

Strings (factory):
Bronze

Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Electronics/ components

Pickup:
1999–2001: Ibanez piezo transducer
2002: Fishman Sonicore under-saddle

Preamp:
1999–2001: Ibanez AEQ30 w/ 3-band EQ
2002: Ibanez AEQ-SS Shape Shifter

Output jack(s):
¼" stereo

Battery:
9V

Bridge:
Rosewood

Bridge pins:
White plastic w/ black dots

Saddle:
Plastic compensated (11mm string spacing)

Hardware color:
Chrome

Strap buttons:
Plastic

Images[]

Other available finishes

Transparent Green

Additional details

Body rear

Ibanez AEQ30 3-Band EQ preamp

Serial number / Brand and label

Sources[]

1999 Europe acoustics catalog (p. 12)
1999 USA acoustics catalog (p .2)
1999 Performer Series, Ibanez USA, archived May 1999
2000 Europe acoustics catalog (p. 19)
2001 Europe acoustics catalog (p. 5)
2002 Europe acoustics catalog (p. 14)