Ibanez RG2228

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.

Specifications

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

Strings

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

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