Ibanez DN300 - Black

(Contact me at: mxktguitars@gmail.com)

350,00€

plus shipping: 25€ to France, 40€ to the European Union.

 

02/04/2026:

[ENG]

Here I am with another very good business. I remember seeing this model some years ago, but it didn't last long. The ART series lasted longer, a guitar student of mine had one, then ARZ, etc., but I hadn't had any contact with this model until now. Short story, one of my wife's cousin decided to get back to playing guitar now, 2 years after he asked me to sell his Epiphone G400 Korina on internet, which I did, and wants a good guitar, cheap, bla, bla, bla. I asked him if he had any idea on shape, model, brand, but no. So coming from an ex-Epiphone owner, I've decided to search mainly for a guitar without tremolo, basic functions, 2 humbucker and 3-way switch, and features he was already (kind of) used to. A few ART models showed up after my research, some SA models too just in case he prefer a HSS configuration, and this DN300. Went to read about it, see some videos, and finally bought it without letting him know because there's a crack on the neck "joint" area. The price was nice, but I wanted to make sure it was just the finish before talking to Yves. It arrived in a very nice gigbag, I took about one hour to prepare it and setting it up to my taste, examine the crack, and thank God it's the finish only. Opened the truss rod cavity, set the neck completely straight, lowered the strings, then gave it a very, very slight curb because the frets were buzzing by the 8th and 9th fret, a slight fret level on the highest frets followed by a quick polish like I've learned on a YouTube Stew Mac story I saw these last week's, and it was VERY nice. Applied some fretboard oil from Dunlop, dusted the whole guitar with my special 1 Euro brush, played it for about 2 hours.

What would I swap if I kept it? I bet you're thinking of the pickups! Well, the intention was to have them swapped by a DiMarzio/IBZ bridge and a PAF Joe I have around for the neck position. But I was very surprised by these ACH pickups. I don't know if they work on other guitars, but this DN300 has 3 very usable positions (I never use the middle positions on my Ibanez RGs, most times I use the 1st, 4th and 5th positions). I play on a Zoom G3 (which IMO has only 3 good amp sims) directly to a Harley Benton pedal amp and then on a 212 cab, and it sounds lovely, clean and gain. They're quite sensitive, they react well to volume changes, and speaking of that I have also applied a bit of WD40 on the knobs because the tone was a little bit scratchy. Overall, I wouldn't swap a thing for now; maybe the machine heads later, for some Sperzels or Gotoh. But not now.

As I recall the ART500 Custom, the set neck was quite high relatively to the body, which was quite bizarre, but the transition on this one is a lot better and natural. Awesome deal if you ask me! Finally I've sent 2 pictures and the specs to Yves and I felt he was more into a more vintage look. Then again he's a grandad, twice :)

Just in case you're wondering about the strings action: 1,5mm in the high E at the 22th fret, and 2mm (middle of the string) on the low E at the 22th fret too. Good enough for you?

 

Ibanez RG350DXZ/2550E Prestige - White

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400,00€

plus shipping: 25€ to France, 40€ to the European Union.

 

19/12/2025:

[ENG]

Here I am again! This is a kind of an Ibanez partscaster, my favorite brand since almost 20 years.

I  had bought a set of hardware taken from an Ibanez RG2550E Prestige in 2024 and later found a neck from a 2011 Ibanez RG350DXZ here in France. The seller had also the body on sale for 25€ but it had problem with the tremolo posts of the vibrato - one of the holes had a crack and finally broke. I was about to sell both items on internet when I've found a really nice german guy that had just posted a body of a 2005 Ibanez RG350 on sale, also in white. I had already done some research about the Edge III and I knew the Edge Pro was a direct swap so I bought it.

I also had a loaded Fleor HSS pickguard since like 2021 or 2022 around, so I've  bought a HSS pickguard on Ali...YouKnowWhere, and transfered the whole  thing. The pickguard fell right on, all the screws were at the right  place, but I had to do a quick drilling to acomodate the wires and the  first tone pot on the body. Nothing serious, you can see these stages at the latest  photos.

The tuners were not a problem, I was super happy! The neck joint took me 20 minutes to be perfect. The neck was about 1mm larger, maybe less, but after sanding both sides of it  everything fell smoothly into place. I thought the project would take a while to be ready but finally a weekend was enough.

The Sunday afternoon I leveled the frets, set the strings, action, and tuned the octaves. A new back  plate and truss rod cover arrived fast, but I was already playing that week before that.

Some useful information: 1,2mm action height on the high E, and 2mm on the  low E string, not bad! You will be receiving the string retainer and the  2 original knobs from the RG2550 in case one day you decide to come  back to the original HSH or even a HH configuration. I personnally  wwouldn't The Fleor Alnico 5 HSS set is quite reasonable! The single coils would need a bit more bite in my opinion but they're quiet, they sound like single coils anyway and the humbucker is the best of all 3. The video was made  plugging it to my Zoom G3, Harley Benton power amp pedal and a 212 cab with HH speakers.

This can also be a very nice base for an HSS project with better pickups, specially if you already own another RG.

Cheers!

 

[FR] 

Après avoir customisé légèrement ma RG550LTD avec succès en 2023 vers une configuration HSS et que je garde précieusement, j'ai voulu faire la même chose quand j'ai retrouvé un manche d'une RG350DXZ de 2011 sur Leboncoin à bon prix (le vendeur avait démantelé et vendu pour pièces la guitare après un problème avec un poteau du chevalet cassé).

Avant ça j'avais acheté un ensemble d'accastillage provenant d'une Ibanez RG2550E Prestige aussi sur LBC. Comme j'ai deux RG avec le Edge-Pro ça pourrait me servir à l'avenir, on ne sait jamais.

La pièce manquante, le corps, à été retrouvé sur Reverb; un Allemand très sympa venait de mettre en vente le corps d'une Ibanez RG350 de 2005, également en blanc, dans un état surprenant pour l'âge de la guitare.

J'avais déjà fait quelques recherches sur l'Edge III et je savais que l'Edge Pro serait un remplacement direct, et ça à été pile poil le cas! Par contre il a fallu une calle d'un millimètre à l'arrière du manche, le vibrato était trop bas au début.

Un petit pickguard Fleor Strat HSS acheté sur Aliexpress duquel j'ai transféré le contenu vers un pickguard RG HSS acheté au même endroit. Ce dernier pickguard est parfaitement adapté, tous les trous des vis étaient au bon endroit, j'ai dû juste fraiser rapidement un peu l'intérieur du corps pour accueillir les fils et aussi légèrement à l'endroit du premier potentiomètre de tonalité. Rien de grave, vous pouvez voir ces étapes sur les dernières photos.

Les mécaniques n'ont posé aucun problème non plus. Il m'a fallu 20 minutes pour que le joint du manche soit parfait. Le manche était environ 1 mm plus large, peut-être moins, mais après avoir poncé les deux côtés avec ma mini-ponceuse Lidl, tout s'est mis en place sans problème. Je pensais que le projet prendrait un certain temps au début, mais finalement, un dimanche a suffi.

Dans l'après-midi, j'ai nivelé les frettes, réglé les cordes et l'action, et accordé les octaves. Une nouvelle plaque arrière et un nouveau cache pour la tige de réglage sont arrivés cette semaine là.

Quelques informations utiles : hauteur d'action de 1,2 mm sur la corde de mi aigu et de 2 mm sur la corde de mi grave, pas mal ! Vous recevrez le dispositif de retenue des cordes Prestige et les 2 boutons d'origine de la RG2550 au cas où vous décideriez un jour de revenir à la configuration HSH d'origine, voire à une configuration HH avec un autre pickguard, bien sûr.

Les Fleor Alnico 5 HSS sont tout à fait raisonnables, mais il y aura mieux; le double n'est pas mal de tout, les simples auraient besoin d'un petit peu plus de pêche à mon humble avis. J'ai fait une petite vidéo en la branchant à mon Zoom G3 et pédale d'amplification Harley Benton, et à un baffle 212 avec des haut-parleurs HH, si ça vous intéresse.

Elle peut également constituer une très bonne base pour un projet HSS avec de meilleurs micros, surtout si vous possédez déjà une autre RG.

Et voilà, merci!