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A Paul Gilbert-approved Shredder You’ll Want to Be With You





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From his early days in Racer X and Mr. Big to his eclectic solo career and status as one of the world’s foremost shredders, Paul Gilbert is not a musician who’s easily pinned down. However, there’s been one constant over the vast majority of his career: his love for Ibanez instruments. The Ibanez Paul Gilbert Signature PGM50 is designed from the ground up to meet Paul’s exacting specs, boasting an incredibly lightweight American basswood body that beams with resonance and sustain. As befitting a virtuoso of Paul’s caliber, the PGM50’s 5-piece maple neck and rosewood fingerboard come loaded up with a plethora of high-performance features, including fast-playing medium frets and Ibanez’s Premium fret edge treatment for a smooth, friction-less feel. Next, the PGM50’s intensely versatile HSH Trio of Air Classic humbuckers and a middle-position PGM single-coil perfectly reflect Paul’s own genre-defying musical breadth. It’s all finished off with gold-colored hardtail F106 bridge and Gotoh MG-T locking tuners, matched by Paul’s signature faux F-hole finish in a matching golden hue.





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While Paul Gilbert might be primarily known for his absolute mastery of the 6-string, the sheer genre-spanning depth and breadth of his work clocks in close behind. Clearly, any Paul-approved axe requires an exceptionally versatile set of electronics. And that’s precisely what the PGM50’s trio of DiMarzio pickups supplies you with, boasting two humbucking Air Classic humbuckers in the neck and bridge, further enhanced with a middle-position PGM single-coil. The trio is specifically voiced to deliver an exceedingly touch-sensitive sound that perfectly blends vintage and modern tone for the utmost versatility. From speed-metal shred to mellow melodic contours, Sweetwater guitarists of all stripes have found much to love in the PGM50.





Serial 211P01230900298


Serial 211P01230900298


Top-quality hardware for shred-grade performance





A shred guitar with no trem? While Paul certainly played his fair share of tremolo-equipped guitars early on, the latter half of his career has seen him largely swap over to hardtail instruments. We’d hazard a guess that it has much to do with their inherent stability and tone-enhancing qualities. The PGM50’s F106 hardtail bridge is a case in point, maximizing the sustain of your every note with superior string-to-body contact, in addition to drastically upping your guitar’s tuning stability. It’s paired with an equally reliable set of Gotoh MG-T locking tuners allowing quick, fast, and efficient string changes.





Ultra-fast-feeling 5-piece neck





In classic Paul Gilbert fashion, the PGM50’s 5-piece walnut/maple neck sports a whip-thin profile that’s built to shred. The rosewood fingerboard’s 16-inch radius and medium frets supply slick playability worthy of lightning-fast fingerboard firepower, giving you effortless bends up high and a comfortably slim feel in the open position. Lastly, Ibanez’s Premium fret edge treatment eliminates fret sprout and errant fret ends for a friction-free feel that allows your hand to glide over the neck with maximum efficiency.





Serial 211P01230900298


Serial 211P01230900298


Ibanez Paul Gilbert Signature PGM50 Electric Guitar Features:


Incredibly lightweight American basswood body with superior upper-fret access to facilitate fervent fretwork


5-piece walnut/maple neck in a slim profile delivers lightning-fast playability


16-inch radius rosewood fingerboard studded with medium frets, then finished off with Ibanez’s friction-free Premium fret edge treatment


An HSH trio of DiMarzio Air Classic humbuckers and middle-position single-coil supply you with a wonderful blend of modern and vintage tones


Sustain-enhancing hardtail gold F106 bridge


Rock-solid gold Gotoh MG-T locking tuners enhance stability and make string changes a breeze


Paul Gilbert-signature faux body F-holes