Ibanez PGM (Paul Gilbert Model) is an electric guitar from
Ibanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as ...
Instruments, which was first produced in 1990. The guitar is
Racer X and
Mr. Big guitarist
Paul Gilbert'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 and one of the best-selling superstrat-style guitars ever made. The first model in the series, the RG550, was originally released in 1987 and advertised as part of the Roa ...
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 refers to any of a number of richly hued timbers, often brownish with darker veining, but found in many different hues.
True rosewoods
All genuine rosewoods belong to the genus ''Dalbergia''. The pre-eminent rosewood appreciated ...
,
ebony
Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood, coming from several species in the genus '' Diospyros'', which also contains the persimmons. Unlike most woods, ebony is dense enough to sink in water. It is finely textured and has a mirror finish when ...
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 stringed musical instrument, usually the upper sound board.
Sound holes have different shapes:
* round in flat-top guitars and traditional bowl-back mandolins;
* F-holes in instruments from the vio ...
s which gives the illusion that it is a
semi-hollow bodied guitar, and many have a reversed
headstock 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, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as ...
*
Paul Gilbert
References
External links
PGM ChronicleIbanez official websitePaul Gilbert official website
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