Ibanez Prestige RG5328 8-String Guitar, Macassar Ebony, Lightning Through A Dark

Player's Perspective

The Ibanez RG5328 is a take-no-prisoners 8-string shredder that will melt faces, and is built in Japan with the kind of quality and craftsmanship that inspires you to pick your instrument and play more often.

Ibanez's Prestige series guitars offer some of the best bang-for-your-buck value in the hard rock/metal guitar world. This RG is perfect for anyone who wants superior craftsmanship and incredible playability on an 8-string guitar. The design is simple but effective: two great humbuckers, a bridge that'll give you immense sustain, and a simple finish. The sound of this axe is incendiary. It has tone that is crunchy, smooth, snarling and articulate even if it's covered in loads of saturation. The DiMarzio Fusion Edge 8 Pickups are hot and aggressive and they'll cut like none other, even when heavily soaked with tons of distortion.

The neck has that super fast, comfortable feel that Ibanez has perfected over the years. The extended scale length keeps the perfect tension on all of the strings, even if you're drop-tuning. The fretwork is immaculate to help you achieve super low action for lightning shredding. If you need a guitar that won't slow you down, especially in the mid to upper registers, you'll love how the fingerboard responds. This can easily become your next lifelong shredder axe!

Details

Macassar Ebony fretboard

Macassar Ebony produces tight lows and mid range along with strong attack in the highs and quick response with rich sustain.

Gibraltar Standard II Bridge

The Gibraltar Standard II is a simple fixed bridge designed provide optimal transfer of each string's vibration and its smooth surface maximizes playing comfort.

Coil-tap switch

The coil tap switch adds sound and tonal variations for both pickups.

DiMarzio® Fusion Edge Pickups

Through close collaboration between Ibanez and DiMarzio® Fusion Edge pickups have been engineered to produce a powerful, distinctive tone with a crisp, cutting high end, and a tight, compressed bottom end, minus any muddy mid-range.

Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads

The Gotoh® MG-T locking machine heads achieve incredible tuning stability, cutting down string-changing time.

Luminlay side dot inlays

The Luminlay side dot position marks make it easy for players to see fretboard position marks when performing on dark stages.