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!

Manufacturer's Description

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.

Specifications

Body

• Color: Lightning Through A Dark
• Body: Ash
• Binding: White

Neck

• Neck Type: Wizard-8 5pc Maple/Wenge
• Fretboard: Bound Macassar Ebony - Mother of Pearl dot inlay 
• Frets: 24x Jumbo Stainless Steel - Prestige fret edge treatment 
• Side Dots: Luminlay (glow-in-the-dark)
• Scale: 686mm / 27"
• Width: 55mm at NUT
• Width: 80mm at 24F
• Thickness: 19mm at 1F
• Thickness: 21mm at 12F
• Radius: 430mmR

Hardware

• Nut: Graph Tech® BLACK TUSQ XL®
• Bridge: Gibraltar Standard II-8 bridge
• Tuners: Gotoh MG-T
• Hardware color: Cosmo black

Electronics

• Neck pickup: DiMarzio® Fusion Edge 8 (H) (Passive/Ceramic)
• Bridge pickup: DiMarzio® Fusion Edge 8 (H) (Passive/Ceramic)
• Mini-Toggle: Coil-Tap Switch
• Controls: 1x Volume, 1x Tone
• Pickup Selector: 3-Way Blade

Miscellaneous

• Factory tuning: 1D#, 2A#, 3F#, 4C#, 5G#, 6D#, 7A#, 8F
• String gauge: .009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042/.054/.065
• Case: Ibanez Molded Hardshell
• Instrument Weight: 9.4 lbs
  
• Serial #: F2415928

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Ibanez. This Prestige RG5328 is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.