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Ibanez RG2228

Item ID: RG2228GK

8-string Solidbody Electric Guitar with Basswood Body, 5-piece Wizard Prestige-8 Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and EMG 808 Humbucking Pickups - Galaxy Black

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Take your tone lower with the RG2228!

The Ibanez RG2228 is perfect for metal and modern rock players that want to expand their tonal options further than a 6- or 7-string guitar will allow. Like all RG Series guitars, the RG2228 is primed for metal with a fast 5-piece Wizard neck. The basswood body and rosewood fingerboard give a tone that's warm with a good deal of attack - perfect for everything from heavy chords to fast-shredding riffs. A fixed Edge III bridge and a EMG 808 pickups round out the RG2228's features.

Ibanez RG2228 Features:
  • 5-piece Wizard-8 Prestige neck
  • Basswood body
  • Jumbo frets
  • Rosewood fingerboard
  • Pearl dot inlays
  • Fixed Edge III-8 bridge
  • EMG 808 neck and bridge pickups
  • Black hardware
  • Color: Galaxy Black
  • Tuning and string gauges: E - .009, B - .011, G - .016, D - .024, A - .036, E - .042, B - .054, F# - .065
  • Hardshell case included

Ibanez's RG2228 is an 8-string metal monster!

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Specification Detail
Body Material Basswood
Color Galaxy Black
Neck Material 5-piece maple / wenge
Neck Shape C, Wizard-8 Prestige
Scale Length 27"
Fingerboard Material Rosewood, 430mm radius
Fingerboard Inlay Pearl dot
Number of Frets 24
Nut Width 2.126", locking
Bridge/Tailpiece Fixed Edge III-8 hardtail bridge/tailpiece
Tuners Standard tuners
Number of Pickups 2
Neck Pickup EMG 808 humbucking
Middle Pickup No middle pickup
Bridge Pickup EMG 808 humbucking
Controls Volume, tone, 3-way lever
Case Included Hardshell
Manufacturer Part Number RG2228GK

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Ibanez RG2228

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