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The SS300 is an Artstar Solid Top series hollow body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in mid 2014. It was made in China. It replaced the SS500.

The SS300 features a full-hollow body design with a solid spruce top with ƒ holes and wooden multi-binding on flamed maple back and sides with a single Florentine cutaway mated to a set-in maple and walnut neck with a 20-fret ebony fingerboard with wooden binding and no position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 58 humbucking pickups with gold covers, an ART-W bridge with wooden saddle and base, a trapeze tailpiece with decoration, a bone nut, a bakelite pickguard with rosewood veneer, rosewood knobs, and Ibanez tuning machines.

The SJ300 is a similar model with a slightly larger body and a more rounded cutaway. The SS401F is a similar model with a single, floating humbucker pickup at the neck.

The SS300 was discontinued in 2018.

Specifications[]

Specifications for SS300
Year(s) offered: 2014–2017
Sold in: Japan
Made in: China
Price: MSRP: ¥190,000[1] / US$1,791.10[2]
Finish(es): Dark Violin Sunburst (DVS)
Body
Body type:
Hollow body
Dimensions:
  Length: 483mm / 19"
  Width: 381mm / 15"
  Depth: 110mm / 4⅓"
Top:
  Material: Solid spruce
  Binding: Wooden/black multi-ply
Back/sides:
  Material: Flamed maple
Neck joint:
Set-in
Bridge:
ART-W w/ wooden saddle & base (10.4mm string spacing)
Tailpiece:
VT06S w/ custom SS rosewood cover
Pickguard:
Rosewood
Knob style:
Rosewood bell
Hardware color:
Gold
Neck
Neck type:
Artstar SS
Neck material:
5-piece maple/ walnut
Scale length:
628mm/ 24¾"
Fingerboard material:
Ebony w/ wooden binding
Fingerboard inlays:
None
Frets:
20 / medium
Nut:
Bone (43mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast w/ half moon buttons
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Ibanez Super 58 (H)
Neck pickup:
Ibanez Super 58 (H)
Controls:
Two volumes / two tones / 3-way toggle pickup selector
Output jack:
¼" mono (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.011/.015/.022w/.030/.040/.050 flatwound
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional details
SS300 front
Front of body
SS300 rear
Rear of body
SS300 headstock
Headstock
SS300 tuners
Ibanez die-cast
SS300 serial
Serial number
HH 3-way toggle
Pickup switching
Controls 2V2T3
Control layout

Sources[]

  1. SS300 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived December 2017
  2. 2014 USA summer new product catalog (p. 8)
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