Description
If Ibanez holds the most iconic name in metal, then the RG is certainly the guitar that built this reputation. Every inch of this classic screams speed, fury, and expression. Dressed in a cool futuristic Blue Sparkle finish, this RGs basswood body features one of deepest cutaways in all of guitardom.
Obviously, designed for lead players and shredders who make their home in the higher octaves, the RG550XHs jumbo frets and rosewood fingerboard beg for intense note bending. As the originators of the thin, fast neck, the Wizard III XH is yet another achievement in player comfort that translates into maximizing player performance.
Proprietary Infinity pickups offer a wide palette of thick, distorted, tone textures for extra metal muscle. And if you’re sweating the lack of a neck pickup, don’t, because the ingenious geeks at Ibanez have designed and built in a neck pickup simulator that’s as good as the real thing. Top it off with the ultra reliable, industry standard Edge Zero II with ZPS3Fe tremolo system and you’ve got a guitar that’s nothing but metal.
Specs & Features
- Body type: Solid body
- Body material: Basswood
- Neck joint: AANJ
- Bridge: Edge Zero II tremolo w/ ZPS3Fe stabilizer (10.8mm string spacing)
- Pickguard: White pearloid
- Knob style: Plastic top hat (white)
- Hardware color: Cosmo black
- Neck type: Wizard III-XH
- Neck material: 3-piece maple
- Scale length: 648mm/ 25½”
- Fingerboard material: Rosewood
- Fingerboard inlays: Dot
- Frets: 30 / jumbo
- Nut: Locking (barless)
- Pickup configuration: HS
- Bridge pickup: Ibanez INF4 (H)
- Middle pickup: Ibanez INFS3 (S)
- Neck pickup: None (due to the extended fretboard) but emulated via the Neck PU Simulator
- Controls: Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector
- Output jack: ¼” mono (side mounted)
- Actual weight: 7.8 lbs.
- Case: Fender gig bag
