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Ibanez RG
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Manufacturer Ibanez
Period 1987 — present
Construction
Body type Solid
Neck joint Bolt-on, Neck-thru
Woods
Body Basswood, Mahogany
Neck 5pc Maple with Walnut, 3pc Maple with Walnut
Fretboard Rosewood
Hardware
Bridge Edge III Tremolo, Fixed Bridge, Edge Pro Double Locking Tremolo, Gibraltar Plus Bridge
Pickup(s) H-S-H or H-H IBZ Infinity, DiMarzio IBZ or IBZ V7 & V8 pickups
Colors available
Black, Electric Blue, White, Amber, Transparent Lavender Blue, Weathered Black, Metallic Khaki, Jewel Blue, Black Night, Regal Brown Burst, Stained Oil, Natural Flat, Dark Amber, Aged Natural, Cubed Black Pewter, Vital Silver, Galaxy Black, Mirage Blue, Mirage Red, Royal Blue, Black Pearl, Sapphire Blue & Violin Flat
Ibanez RG is a most numerous[1] and, arguably, most popular series of electric guitars by Ibanez. It was designed as a originally as a derivative of Steve Vai's JEM\Universe series and released in 1987. Manufacture of the RG model continues up to today. The RG series are among the most sold hard rock and metal guitars ever made.
Origins
The RG series were first introduced in 1987 as a derivative to the Ibanez JEM and Universe series by Steve Vai. The Ibanez RG series is the highest selling guitar series from the manufacturer Ibanez ever made. One of the first guitars in the RG series was a RG570 model with a Floyd Rose tremolo. It became one of the most sold guitars ever made by Ibanez and made Ibanez RG's name world wide known in the guitar world. While the pros and studio musicans use the RG Prestige Series, newbeginners often start playing on the RG Tremolo series, which are much more affordable and has got a quite high guality. The RG series are extremely poplar in hard rock and metal worlds, but also in punk and classic rock. The guitars are made in Japan, China, Korea or Indonesia. According to the high quality of the instruments, they are relative cheap (Even The Prestige series) in comparison to other manufacturers like Gibson, Fender, Rickenbacker and PRS.
Features
The RG Series Features a Thin Neck[2] with a wide, almost flat double octave (24 Fret) fret board, which makes it easy to play chords and solos. The Body of the RG Series features a double cut away giving better access to the upper frets. The body is made of Mahogany or Basswood and the fretboard is made of Rosewood. The pickups are configurated with H-S-H position or H-H position. There are IBZ Infinity pickups in the RG Tremolo and Fixed series, and Ibanez V7 and V8 or DiMarzio IBZ pickups in the Prstige Series. All RG series features a 5-way pickup selector.
Almost all guitars in the series have got some kind of a Floyd Rose tremolo, except from the RG Fixed and the RGA Prestige series, which have got fixed bridge. The RG Tremolo's Floyd Rose system are named Edge III and Edge Pro II, which are infamous for "wearing out" and becoming unusable after a few months. The RG Prestige series have got a Edge Pro Double Locking Bridge which is one of the best Floyd Rose tremolos at the market. The RG Fixed series contains simple bridges like in a fixed Stratocaster and the RGA series have got Gibraltar Plus Bridges. The headstock are the same on all guitars, only the text on them are different.
The RG Series
The RG Series is currently slpit into 3 sub sections
RG Prestige - High Quality Japanese Made RG guitars which contains of the RG, RGT and RGA series
RG Tremolo - RG series guitars of non Japanese (China,Korea and Indonesia)origin with Floyd Rose tremolo
RG Fixed - RG guitars with Fixed Bridges of non Japanese Origin
Ibanez GRG - Budget range RG Guitars
Artists Who Use Ibanez RG Series
Wes Borland - Ex-Limp Bizkit
Tosin Abasi - Reflux
Fabián Aravalés - Konfesion
Lance Arny - Flaw
Chris Arp - Psyopus
Cristobal Arriagada - Alejandro Silva Power Cuarteto
Rob Balducci - Solo
Terry Balsamo - Evanescence
Javier Bassino - Farenheit
Honza Kirk Behunek - Seven, Solo
Bengbeng - Pas
Jackson Benge - (Hed) Planet Earth
Chris Broderick - Jag Panzer
Noah Carpenter - Skinless
Dino Cazares - Asesino
Cesareo - Elio E Le Storie Tese
Audley Chisholm - Maxi Priest, Big Mountain
Asanee Chotikun - Asanee Wason
Alex Colin-Tocqaine - Agressor, Loudblast
Claudio Cordero - Matraz
Fran Cosmo - Boston
Scott Danough - Bleeding Through
Brad Delson - Linkin Park
Fletcher Dragge - Pennywise
Georges Floride - Jadallys
Koichi Fukuda - Static-X
Rocky George - Fishbone
Gravy - Mushroomhead
Jon Greasley - Vega
Mårten Hagström - Meshuggah
Jason Hannon - Gizmachi
Head - Korn, Solo
Kristian Hermansson - Solo
Tony G. Hernando - Solo
Gabriel Hidalgo - Six Magics
Hiro - Head Phones President
Dexter Holland - The Offspring
Teeny - WigWam
Ihsahn - Ihsahn, Emperor
Rob Johnson - Magnitude 9
Karukan - Onmyo-Za
Kazi - Yama-Arashi
Kessier - Seraphim
Minoru Kojima - Solo
Kirk Kolaitis - Diecast
Mike Laurino - Gizmachi
Benjamin Lechuga - Delta
Brian Leppke - Bleeding Through
Jani Liimatainen - Sonata Arctica
Juan Carlos Martin Lopez - Mago De Oz
Brian Maillard - Solid Vision
Christofer Malmstrom - Darkane
Mar - Head Phones President
Andy Martin - Solo
James McIlroy - Solo
Krzysztof Misiak - Chylinska
Munky - Korn
Yasushi Muratori - Muratorix
Oga - Yama-Arashi
Magnus Olsson - Solo
Ramon Ortiz - Ankla
Zlatko "Slädu" Perica - Burn, DJ Bobo, Tangerine Dream
Sergey Popov - Aria
Roberto R. Rodrigo - Airless
Josh Rand - Stone Sour
Paul Reid - Independent, Beverley Knight, Liberty X, Billy Crawford, Ms Dynamite
Brandon Reihana - Blindspott
Matt Roberts - 3 Doors Down
Igor Romanov - Alisa
Patrick Rondat - Patrick Rondat, Elegy
Jorge Salan - Mago De Oz
Schon - Crave
King Shah - Metalasia
Mike Shinoda - Linkin Park
Alejandro Silva - Alejandro Silva Power Cuarteto
Chris Stalder - X Age, Jodyacs
Pablo Stipicic - Blackout
Tommy Svela - Purified In Blood
Daniel Telis - Solo
Mick Thomson - Slipknot
Fredrik Thordendal - Meshuggah
Frank Tijdink - Solo
Ton - Dezember, Zanax
Tony Triano - Solo
Dave Uhrich - Solo
Everton Waldman - R/T
Pop Waravit - Rancorous
Dave Weiner - Steve Vai
Kit Wray - Into the Moat
References
^ As of September, 2006, Ibanez catalog of electric guitars[1] lists 29 models — it's more than any other Ibanez series.
^ The Wizard Prestige and Wizard II necks are considered as one of the thinnest and flattest necks ever made on guitars
External links
http://ibanez.com/guitars/series.asp?s=RG&l=e - About RG series at official Ibanez site
http://ibanezrules.com - A kind of Ibanez guitars database
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