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This High-octane RGD Was Made for Modern Metal





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Looking for the ultimate modern metal machine? Your search stops at the Ibanez Axe Design Lab RGDMS8. Built around an ultra-comfortable nyatoh body, this multi-scale 8-string behemoth is as metal as it gets. Imagine tearing through your most furious leads and riffs with nothing to stand in your way. That's exactly how the RGDMS8's 5-piece Wizard III-8 and 24-fret Macassar ebony fingerboard feel, and its multi-scale design brings new meaning to the word "ergonomic." You'll benefit from a massive smorgasbord of high-octane tones, thanks to Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers, with zero added noise and a coil-tap switch thrown in for good measure. You also get a Mono-rail hardtail bridge, which yields optimal vibration transfer and maximum playing comfort ? an essential for players who employ copious amounts of palm-muted chugging. The RGDMS8 also includes Gotoh locking tuners and a head-turning satin finish. If you're ready to unleash all your pent-up firepower, the Axe Design Lab RGDMS8 is primed to take it.





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Incredibly fast Wizard III-8 neck





Ibanez Wizard necks are thin and built for speed, and they enable effortless playability and comfort. The Axe Design Lab RGDMS8 takes that design to the next level with its 5-piece maple/walnut Wizard III-8 neck. You'll execute lightning-fast runs, arpeggios, and hammer-ons with ease. Capping the Wizard neck is a 24-fret Macassar ebony fingerboard loaded with jumbo frets. An ultra-ergonomic multi-scale design rounds out the RGDMS8's impressive features.





Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers





The Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers in the Ibanez Axe Design Lab RGDMS8 deliver the most sought-after humbucking tones, from modern active to high-output humbucking. Unlike most wire-wound models, Fluence pickups manage to serve up this massive tone arsenal without noise or inductance issues. On top of that, Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers provide you with your choice of two distinctly different voices. You can change the voicing via a dedicated push-pull pot on the guitar's volume knob. Beyond that, a coil-tap switch unlocks additional sonic textures.





Mono-rail bridge optimizes string vibrations





The Axe Design Lab RGDMS8 features Ibanez's Mono-rail bridge, which uses a single bridge piece for each individual string. The guitarists here at Sweetwater have found that this provides tighter component coupling and improves the transfer of string vibrations to the tonewood for a purer, more resonant sound. Additionally, it prevents the vibration of strings from impacting each other, which can increase articulation.





Ibanez Axe Design Lab RGDMS8 Multi-scale 8-string Electric Guitar Features:


8-string electric guitar facilitates extend-range exploration


Resonant nyatoh body with a comfortably contoured shape


Comfortable 5-piece maple/walnut Wizard III-8 neck is topped with an ultra-playable Macassar ebony fingerboard


24 jumbo frets are tailor-made for big note bends


Multi-scale design yields an ultra-ergonomic playing experience


2 Fishman Fluence Modern Humbuckers yield aggressive yet articulate high-gain tones


Push-pull volume pot unlocks 2 distinctly different voices for each pickup


Coil-tap switch unlocks additional sonic textures


Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads make string changes fast and easy


Mono-rail single-string bridge configuration optimizes string vibration


Head-turning satin finish