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Ibanez Prestige RG5328 - Lightning Through A Dark

8-string Solidbody Electric Guitar with Ash Body, 5-piece Maple/Wenge Neck, Macassar Ebony Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Lightning Through a Dark
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Built-for-rock 8-string Electric from Ibanez

The Ibanez Prestige RG5328 8-string electric is a metal and rock player's dream. The all-ash body of the RG5328 is resonant, lightweight, and, with a beautiful satin finish, stunning to look at. A 5-piece maple/wenge neck with a Macassar ebony fingerboard and Wizard-8 profile is incredibly playable and responsive, ideal for shredding. In addition, a pair of DiMarzio Fusion Edge 7 Humbucker pickups kicks out smoking-hot humbucker tone.

Gibraltar Standard II-8 bridge

To give the RG5328 unbeatable stability and sustain, Ibanez turned to their time-tested Gibraltar Standard II-8 bridge. This simple fixed bridge design anchors solidly to the body, providing maximum string-to-body transfer. It also features a super-low profile and a smooth surface, making the RG5328 super comfortable to play and giving your picking hand an optimal degree of clearance for speed picking techniques. For high-performance guitar playing, the Gibraltar Standard II-8 is definitely a favorite at Sweetwater.

Fusion Edge humbuckers deliver a massive tonal range

With the Ibanez RG5328's two DiMarzio Fusion Edge 8 humbucking pickups designed to handle down tuning, you'll have a massive reservoir of tone on tap. The result of a collaboration between Ibanez and noted pickup maker DiMarzio, Fusion Edge 8 humbuckers deliver a powerful scooped sound with tight, compressed bass response and crisp high-end articulation — ideal for bludgeoning djent chugs and high-speed staccato riffing. Thanks to its 27" scale length, the low end of this guitar will surprise you. Although it's definitely a metal machine, the RG5328's fast playability and tonal variety make it a great guitar for almost any style.

Top-of-the-line Prestige series

Ibanez's Prestige series is filled with amazing instruments — all with high-quality components through and through. With the RG5328, you get a well-balanced, resonant ash body plus a lightning-fast Wizard-8 neck, dressed with the ultra-smooth Prestige fret-edge treatment. Factor in DiMarzio pickups (a popular after-market upgrade for many players), and the acclaimed Gibraltar bridge, and it's clear the RG5328 is a premium instrument for serious players.

Ibanez Prestige RG5328 Solidbody 8-string Electric Guitar Features:

  • Lightweight, resonant, sculpted ash body
  • 5-piece maple/wenge Wizard-8 Prestige neck and 27" scale, great for shredding
  • DiMarzio Fusion Edge 8 humbucking pickups give you a massive tonal range
  • Bound Macassar ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Gibraltar Standard II-8 bridge delivers impressive sustain and intonation

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 8
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape RG Prestige
  • Body Material Ash
  • Body Finish Satin Polyester
  • Color Lightning Through A Dark
  • Neck
  • Neck Material 5-piece Maple/Wenge
  • Neck Shape Wizard-8
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 16.9"
  • Fingerboard Material Macassar Ebony
  • Fingerboard Inlay Mother-of-pearl Dots
  • Number of Frets 24, Jumbo Stainless Steel
  • Scale Length 27"
  • Nut Width 2.16"
  • Nut Material Graph Tech Black Tusq XL
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Gibraltar Standard II-8 Fixed Bridge
  • Tuners Gotoh MG-T Locking
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup DiMarzio Fusion Edge 8 Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup DiMarzio Fusion Edge 8 Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 1 x mini-switch (coil-tap), 5-way blade pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings D'Addario, .009-.065
  • Case/Gig Bag Hardshell Case
  • Manufacturer Part Number: RG5328LDK

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Rated 5/5

Easy transition guitar

Very well built as expected from the prestige line. Beautiful raw grain and versatile pickups. The split coil on this really makes the guitar come alive. Great with a compressor or with a metal pedal in front of a squishy amp. Very telecaster like with the coil splitting. Surprised more blues players aren't picking these up.
Music background: 28 years playing guitar and bass
Rated 5/5

It's a beautiful beast of a machine

This was my first foray into the world of the 8 string. I've been playing 7's exclusively since the late nineties. So I was already rather comfortable with extended range guitars. This guitar took me about 10 hours of playing time to get used to. Super comfortable wizard neck and of course the RG super-strat body style is something that Ibanez just gets. It's like it's perfectly contoured for me, custom styled. The hardware is excellent from the bridge to the locking tuning keys. I thought the coil tap was overkill, initially, but let me tell you, there's something amazing that happens when you split those humbuckers. Punchy, spanky, and well defined articulation. You go from full on djent style chugs humbucking then split the bridge for really articulate single note patterns. It's just unbelievably dynamic. Love the pups in this. I'm very happy to be enjoying dimarzios again, after spending the last 5 years messing around with Duncans. This guitar is the missing link and it's ridiculously fun to play. The additional scale length feels natural now, at first some of those stretching type chords in the 1st fret region were a bit painful, but now it's all good. The original string gauge for standard F# tuning was a little light for me. I found that fretting the 7th and 8th string with a .065 on top allowed me to bend out of pitch too easily. So I upped the gauge on top to a .072 and a .060 for the B. That seemed to do the trick. Overall, yes, this is a dream of a guitar to play. I want one in red and blue and natural...but only this one color. Guess I'll have to custom shop another one...
Music background: Amateur metal head playing for 30+ years
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