polvo Posted November 14, 2022 Posted November 14, 2022 Can anyone help me figure out what this guitar is? It seems like a bit of a Frankenstein from what I can tell... The body (painted F-holes, single knob and pickup switch) look to me like a PGM30 (https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/PGM30) But the headstock says 'RG series', not 'PGM'. The person selling it has said that they don't know what model it is but are pretty sure it's not a PGM (or it would be 10x the price). Any idea what this thing is?? I can't find any photos online of a guitar with this combo of body/headstock. Quote
ezbass Posted November 14, 2022 Posted November 14, 2022 Perhaps the f holes are a retro fit? They are available on eBay it seems. Quote
polvo Posted November 14, 2022 Author Posted November 14, 2022 2 hours ago, ezbass said: Perhaps the f holes are a retro fit? They are available on eBay it seems. Perhaps - but I can't find any other models that have the same pickup arrangement, or a single volume knob and pickup switch. Quote
Matt P Posted November 18, 2022 Posted November 18, 2022 there was a (possibly short-lived) pgm3 model which was the cheapest option for a PGM, as far as i can see from google all the pgm models had white pickups so my assumption for this one is it's a bitsa made from PGM and RG parts, possibly due to accidental damage or just because those were the parts available. If the price is cheap enough it should be a good guitar, Ibanez are well known for building quality instruments at all price points so if these are all Ibanez parts it should be fine. Matt Quote
