Ibanez GRX40

The GRX40 is an RX series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2000. It is part of the entry-level GIO line. It was also sold as part of the GRX40J, IJX40 and IJS40 Jumpstart packages which also contain a practice amp and various accessories.

The GRX40 features a solid body mated to a maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. Components include Ibanez pickups in and HSS configuration and a six-screw synchronized tremolo bridge.

In mid-2017 a new fretboard material, treated New Zealand pine, replaced rosewood.[1][2]

It was produced simultaneously in China and in Indonesia; as such, multiple versions of this guitar exist for the different markets. For example, guitars sold in Asia since 2015 are equipped with the FAT-6 tremolo while those sold in other markets have the “standard tremolo”. Starting in 2018 the GRX40 sold in the US market has a T106 tremolo.

This same model is also known as the GRX40A in Japan and the GRX40Z in the USA.

Specifications for GRX40

• Model name: GRX40 / GRX40A / GRX40Z / GRX40J / IJX40 / IJS40
• Year(s) produced: 2000–2018
• Sold in: Worldwide
• Made in: China / Indonesia
• Finish(es):   Black night
• Body
• Body type:
• Solid body
• Body material:
• 2000–2014: Agathis or basswood
• 2015–2018: Poplar
• Neck joint:
• Bolt-on
• Bridge:
• 2000–2004: Standard tremolo
• 2002–2004: FAT-10 tremolo
• 2005–2014: FAT-6 tremolo
• 2015–2018: (Asia only) FAT-6 tremolo
• 2015–2018 (Outside Asia): Standard tremolo
• 2018 (USA/Japan only): T106 tremolo
• Hardware color:
• Chrome
• Pickguard:
• White
• Neck
• Neck type:
• GRX
• Neck material:
• 1-piece maple
• Scale length:
• 648mm/ 25½”
• Fingerboard material:
• 2000–2017: Rosewood
• 2017–2018: Treated New Zealand pine
• Fingerboard inlays:
• White dot
• Frets:
• 22 / medium
• Electronics/ Strings
• Pickup configuration:
• HSS
• Bridge pickup:
• 2000–2014: Ibanez PSND2 or STD-H1/STD-H3 or unknown “humbucking” (H)
• 2015–2018: Ibanez Infinity R (H)
• Middle pickup:
• 2000–2014: Ibanez PSNDS or STD-S1 or unknown “single coil” (S)
• 2015–2018: Ibanez Infinity RS (S)
• Neck pickup:
• 2000–2014: Ibanez PSNDS or STD-S1 or unknown “single coil” (S)
• 2015–2018: Ibanez Infinity RS (S)
• Controls:
• Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever
• String gauge (factory):
• .009–.042
• About this table
• Pickups
• At least five different pickup sets are known for this guitar. Whether these pickups really differ or are just the same pickups with different names is not clear.

Neck Pickup Mid Pickup Bridge Pickup

• Set 1 PSNDS PSNDS PSND2
• Set 2 STD-S1 STD-S2 STD-H1
• Set 3 STD-S1 STD-S2 STD-H3
• Set 4 Single Coil Single Coil Humbucking
• Set 5 Infinity R (S) Infinity R (S) Infinity R (H)