This guitar is highly regarded for its fast-playing Wizard neck, quality DiMarzio pickups, and the distinctive painted F-holes that make it instantly recognizable as a Paul Gilbert signature model.

Ibanez PGM300 Paul Gilbert Signature Specifications

Production Years

1991-2004 (Made in Japan by FujiGen)

Body

• Material: Basswood
• Style: RG series body style with offset double cutaway
• Finish: Available in White finish (your model is Aged White)
• F-holes: Paul Gilbert's signature painted F-holes (black painted)

Neck

• Material: 1-piece maple
• Profile: Wizard neck (thin profile)
• Joint: AANJ (All Access Neck Joint)
• Headstock: Reversed headstock

Fingerboard

• Material: Maple fingerboard
• Inlays: Black dot inlays
• Frets: 24 jumbo nickel silver frets
• Scale Length: 25.5 inches

Pickups

• Configuration: HSH (Humbucker-Single-Humbucker)
• Neck: DiMarzio PAF Pro humbucker
• Middle: DiMarzio JEM single coil (or FS-1 single coil)
• Bridge: DiMarzio PAF Pro humbucker
• Pickup Covers: White covers

Hardware

• Bridge: Double locking tremolo bridge - specifically Lo-Pro Edge tremolo (1991-2002), later models had Edge Pro
• Hardware Color: Cosmo black
• Machine Heads: Gotoh SG38
• Nut: Top-Lok III

Controls

• Volume: Single volume knob (hidden within the painted design)
• Pickup Selector: 5-way pickup switch

Strings & Tuning

• Factory Strings: .009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042
• Factory Tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (Standard tuning)

Notable Features

• Second and last PGM introduced with double locking tremolo (after the PGM100)
• Paul Gilbert himself famously converted his PGM300 into a hard-tail by replacing the tremolo with a fixed bridge
• Longest production run of any PGM model
• Weight: Approximately 3.4 kg