Ibanez has been the market leader in 7-string and in recent years also in 8-string guitars. Now we're taking it one step further and introducing 9-string guitars! For those who like to experiment and develop their music and don't want any ceilings or limits, then this is a great tool.
The RG9PB is part of the Ibanez Ax Design Lab series. A guitar that works for much more than low riffs, which opens up new dimensions in music. The guitar has a 5-piece Wizard-9 neck made of Maple and Walnut. The neck is a 712mm/28" scale, long enough for the low notes to be firm and stable but not so long that it feels like playing bass.
The body is made of Nyatoh, which is a fairly light wood with an even frequency response across the entire register. This makes it a wood that, in terms of sound, is easy to color in many different directions and get many different kinds of sounds out of it. The even frequency reproduction also makes it very suitable for distorted sounds, it glues the sound together nicely without it being either scattered or indistinct.
- 5-pcs Wizard-9 Maple/Walnut neck.
- 712mm/28" scale.
- Poplar Burl top/Nyatoh body..
- Macassar Ebony fretboard w/White dot inlay.
- Double truss rods.
- Jumbo frets.
- Graph Tech nut
- Gibraltar Standard II-9 stall.
- Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker Alnico 9 (H) neck pickup.
- Fishman Fluende Modern Humbucker Ceramic 9 (H) bridge pickup.
- Fishman Fluence Voicing switch on volume control (push/pull).
- Coil tap switch.
- Factory tuning: 1E, 2B, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E, 7B, 8F#, 9C#.
- String gauge: 009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042/.054/.075/.090.
- Cosmo Black hardware.
- Recommended case: MR500C.
The neck:
- Scale: 712mm/28".
- Width at Nut: 62mm.
- Width at Last Fret: 88mm.
- Thickness at 1st: 21.5mm.
- Thickness at 12th: 23.5mm.
- Radius: 950mmR.