The RGIB21 is a baritone guitar in the Iron Label series. With its 28" (711.2mm) scale, it comes tuned in B from the factory strung with .014 to .068 strings. An extremely clean and awesome ball baritone, a full-blooded riff machine!
Ibanez calls the series "Iron Label - metal to the core" and that is exactly what the Iron Label series is all about, guitars optimized for what modern metal demands from a guitar. The heaviest sounding guitars out there. Having said that, it's obviously not the case that the guitars implode if you play anything other than metal on them, you can play anything on them.
The basis of the series is Ibanez classic RG and S models that have been developed and modified to become Iron Label - metal to the core. They are available in 6, 7 and 8 string models and all come equipped with US made EMG or DiMarzio pickups. The series includes models with both fixed stalls and swing. All of the RG models are also equipped with a kill switch where the tone control is normally located.
Body: Nyatoh
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.
Stable: Gibraltar Standard II
The stable is a Gibraltar Standard, a substantial and stable stable made of classic stucco. Very good transmission of string vibrations to the body for solid sustain and sung tone. The entire surface of the stand is completely smooth and there is nothing that sticks into the hand when playing or that gets in the way when playing muted riffs.
Specs:
• Nitro Baritone 3pc Maple/Purpleheart neck.
• 712mm/28" scale.
• Nyatoh body.
• Jumbo frets.
• Jatoba fretboard w/Off-set white dot inlay.
• Luminescent side dot inlay.
• Gotoh® MG-T locking machine heads.
• Gibraltar Standard II bridge.
• Cosmo black hardware.
• EMG® 60 neck pickup.
• EMG® 81 bridge pickup.
• Factory Tuning: 1B, 2F#, 3D, 4A, 5E, 6B.
• String Gauge: .014/.018/.026/.044/.056/.068.
The neck:
• Scale: 712mm/28".
• Width at the saddle: 45mm.
• Width at last band: 58mm.
• Thickness at first band: 20mm.
• Thickness we 12 bands: 23mm.
• Radius: 400mmR.