Ibanez MC200-DS Musician 1978 - Dark Stain **Amazing Upgrades**

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This is a SUPER cool Ibanez Musician from 1978. While this one is rocking its original hardware and pickups, our in-house technicians SUPER-CHARGED this guitar with some amazing upgrades! We re-fretted this guitar with stainless steel frets, added a bone nut, and installed fresh electronics (original wiring harness included).

Get your hands on an instrument that looks and feels like it's vintage, but has the modern playability of a newer guitar. The best of both worlds!

Includes case
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# Scott #

06/10/2026

Actual Weight: 8.5 lb.

Description - From IBANEZ Wiki

The MC200 is a Musician series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1978. It was made in Japan by FujiGen with production beginning in late 1977.

Like most Musician models, the MC200 features neck through body construction. It has body wings made up of an ash core sandwiched between two layers of mahogany on a five-piece maple and walnut neck with a 24-fret ebonized rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 88 humbucking pickups mounted in integrated plastic covers with individual volume and tone controls, a Tune-o-matic style Gibraltar bridge mounted to a sustain block embedded in the neck, a Gibraltar tailpiece w/ scalloped "cloud" ornament, a bone and brass nut, rubberized Sure Grip control knobs, a ¼" output mounted in the guitar top and Velve-Tune II machine heads.

Several changes were made to the MC200 over its three-year production run. In mid 1978 the body shape was modified slightly with smaller horns and a symmetric waist and lower bout. In around October 1979 a Tri-sound switch for the neck pickup was added and the pickup selector was moved to the upper horn.[1] Sometime in 1980 the output was moved to the side.

The MC300 is a related model with two Tri-sound switches and a varitone and with gold hardware. The MC100 is a related model with a bolt-on neck.

The MC200 was discontinued after 1980 and replaced by the similar MC150.

FEATURES

Upgrades

• Stainless steel re-fret
• Bone nut
• New wiring harness

General

• Model: MC200
• Series: Musician
• Year: 1978
• Made In: Japan
• Sold In: Worldwide
• Finish: Dark Stain (DS)

Body

• Body Type: Solid Body
• Body Material: Mahogany/Ash/Mahogany Sandwich Wings
• Construction: Neck-Through
• Bridge: Gibraltar Bridge with Sustain Block
• Tailpiece: Gibraltar Tailpiece with "Cloud" Ornament
• Hardware Color: Chrome
• Control Knobs: Sure Grip (Gold)

Neck

• Neck Profile: Musician
• Neck Material: 5-Piece Rock Maple / Black Walnut
• Scale Length: 24.75" (628mm)
• Fingerboard Material: Ebonized Rosewood
• Fingerboard Inlays: Pearloid Dot
• Frets: 24
• Nut: Half Bone / Half Brass
• Tuning Machines: Velve-Tune II
• Factory Tuning: E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Electronics

• Pickup Configuration: HH
• Neck Pickup: Ibanez Super 88 Humbucker
• Bridge Pickup: Ibanez Super 88 Humbucker

Controls

• Two Individual Volume Controls
• Two Individual Tone Controls
• 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selector

Output

• 1/4" Mono Output Jack (Top Mounted)

Notable Features

• Neck-Through Construction
• Mahogany/Ash/Mahogany Multi-Laminate Body Wings
• Gibraltar Bridge with Sustain Block
• Half Bone / Half Brass Nut
• Dual Ibanez Super 88 Humbuckers
• 24-Fret Ebonized Rosewood Fingerboard
• Chrome Hardware Throughout

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