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Ibanez RG2228

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Manufacturer
  
Ibanez

Body
  
Basswood

Period
  
since 2007

Pickup(s)
  
EMG 808

Neck
  
Five-piece maple and wenge

Bridge
  
Fixed Edge III-8, double-locking

The Ibanez RG2228 is the world's first mass-produced eight string electric guitar. It came out in March 2007 and was introduced in the Winter NAMM show of that year.

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Basic Information

  • Scale Length - 27" (Baritone Scale)
  • Neck Length - 685.8 mm
  • Neck Material - Five-piece maple and wenge
  • Body Material - Basswood
  • Fingerboard - Rosewood with dot inlays
  • Frets - 24 Jumbo Frets
  • Bridge - Fixed Edge III-8, double-locking

    • Pickups

    Neck and Bridge Pickups:

  • Name - EMG 808
  • Type - Active Humbucker

    • Notable Users

  • Tosin Abasi - Animals as Leaders, until Ibanez created his own signature 8-string model.
  • Dino Cazares - Fear Factory, Asesino and Divine Heresy
  • Ihsahn - Emperor, Thou Shalt Suffer and Peccatum
  • Tony Macalpine - Tony Macalpine band
  • Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström from the Swedish tech-metal band Meshuggah use custom Ibanez eight-strings of a similar aesthetic design to the RG2228.
  • Scott Hull - Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, (formerly) Anal Cunt
  • Justin Lowe and Trent Hafdahl - After the Burial
  • Misha "Bulb" Mansoor - Periphery
  • John Browne - Monuments
  • Timfy James - Hacktivist
  • Dean Lamb - Archspire
  • Joshua Wilkinson - The Clark Experiment
  • Josh Martin - Little Tybee

    • References

    Ibanez RG2228 Wikipedia
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