RGDR4527ET-NTF. (Natural Flat). Prestige Ax Design Lab. 7-string. Made in Japan. Spot
RGD is a series of guitars developed with the goal of being the ultimate metal guitar. In modern metal, tuning down guitars to access fatter, heavier and meaner riffs is more the rule than the exception. On standard guitars, the scale length is a problem when tuning down, the strings tend to be like spaghetti and it's hard to get the guitar to keep the tuning and the intonation is out of whack. On the RGD series, the problem has been solved by making the scale on the neck 2.4 cm longer (673mm instead of 648mm). The difference in how stable the strings feel is big, but the difference in how it feels to the fingers to play on a longer neck is quite small, if you have big hands you will probably experience it as an advantage with the longer scale.
The slightly beveled body makes the guitar extremely comfortable to play, and the heavily beveled horns give total access to the highest frets.
The guitar is equipped with the Ibanez Wizard neck profile, the Wizard can best be described as a slightly thicker Super Wizard neck. It has the same flat fingerboard (430mmR), the same width and the same well-grinding jumbo frets as the Super Wizard but is slightly thicker. A neck for those who want what Ibanez is known for, an extremely fast and easy-to-play neck, but want a little more wood in their hand.
Mahogany is a tonewood with sound characteristics on the warmer side, with a clear and prominent mid-range. The stable is a stable Evertune.
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5-pcs Maple/Wenge Wizard-7 neck w/ KTS Titanium rods.
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Richlite top/African Mahogany body.
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Richlite fretboard w/Off-set Luminlay dot inlay.
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Jumbo frets w/Prestige Fret End Treatment.
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Graph Tech Black TUSC XL nut.
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Gotoh® machine heads.
Evertune bridge.
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Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker Ceramic (H) neck pickup.
- Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker Ceramic (H) bridge pickup.
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Black hardware
- Hard shell case.
The neck:
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Scale: 673mm/26.5".
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Width at Nut: 48mm.
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Width at Last Fret: 68mm.
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Thickness at 1st: 19mm.
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Thickness at 12th: 21mm.
- Radius: 430mmR.
The pickups are connected to a 3-position toggle switch with a common volume, the modes you can access are.
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Stallmick in series
- Stall mick in series in parallel with neck mick in series
- Necklace in series