Ibanez PGM (Paul Gilbert Model) is an electric guitar from
Ibanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki was one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United Stat ...
Instruments, which was first produced in 1990. The guitar is
Racer X and
Mr. Big guitarist
Paul Gilbert
Paul Brandon Gilbert (born November 6, 1966) is an American hard rock and heavy metal music, heavy metal guitarist. He is the co-founder of the band Mr. Big (American band), Mr. Big, and was also a member of Racer X (band), Racer X, with whom he ...
's signature guitar model.
Features
As of 2007 Ibanez has publicly released 15 PGM guitars including two anniversary models and the acoustic PGA1000.
Most PGM model guitars have the same body shape as the
Ibanez RG
The Ibanez RG is a series of electric guitars produced by Hoshino Gakki. The first model in the series, the RG550, was originally released in 1987 and advertised as part of the Roadstar series. That series was renamed "RG" in 1992 and all model ...
guitar models with removed tone knob and volume knob placed to Paul Gilbert's personal preference. Some are usually available with a fixed bridge, others such as the PGM30 of 1995 feature a Lo-TRS double-locking tremolo system and a 24-fret maple neck with
rosewood
Rosewood is any of a number of richly hued hardwoods, often brownish with darker veining, but found in other colours. It is hard, tough, strong, and dense. True rosewoods come from trees of the genus '' Dalbergia'', but other woods are often ca ...
,
ebony
Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood, coming from several species in the genus '' Diospyros'', which also includes the persimmon tree. A few ''Diospyros'' species, such as macassar and mun ebony, are dense enough to sink in water. Ebony is fin ...
or
maple
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fingerboard. Although PGM guitars come in various colors they all have two painted
F-hole
A sound hole is an opening in the body of a string instrument, stringed musical instrument, usually the upper Sound board (music), sound board.
Sound holes have different shapes:
* Round in flat-top guitars and traditional bowl-back mandolins;
...
s which gives the illusion that it is a
semi-hollow bodied guitar, and many have a reversed
headstock
A headstock or peghead is part of a guitar or similar stringed instruments such as a lute, mandolin, banjo, ukulele and others of the lute lineage. The main function of a headstock is to house the tuning pegs or other mechanism that holds the s ...
that changes the typical string length and make them easily distinguishable from an Ibanez RG. The short-lived PGM900TC of 1998 was a
Talman finished in Transparent Crimson and fitted with dual humbuckers and a stoptail bridge.
Models and variations
* PGM3
* PGM30
* PGM100
* PGM100RE
* PGM200
* PGM300
* PGM300RE
* PGM301
* PGM400
* PGM401
* PGM500
* PGM600
* PGM700
* PGM800
* PGM900
* PGM10th
* PGM90th
* PGM80P
* PGMM31
*PGMM21
*PGM333
*
PGMFRM1
See also
*
Ibanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki was one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United Stat ...
*
Paul Gilbert
Paul Brandon Gilbert (born November 6, 1966) is an American hard rock and heavy metal music, heavy metal guitarist. He is the co-founder of the band Mr. Big (American band), Mr. Big, and was also a member of Racer X (band), Racer X, with whom he ...
References
External links
PGM ChronicleIbanez official websitePaul Gilbert official website
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