The Ibanez Axe Design Lab Standard RG9PB-TGF Transparent Gray Flat is a modern 9-string guitar that blurs the line between
The entire construction of the Axe Design Lab Standard RG9 electric guitar focuses on an extremely tight sound for the clean output of low tuning and excellent playing characteristics for progressive techniques. Accordingly, the heart of the guitar is the extra-long 28" scale length (712 mm), which gives even the low strings a tight pull for a fast and punchy response. While the Nyatoh body in the typically sleek RG design has supple contours and ideal balance both standing and sitting, the wide and flat "Wizard II-9" profile of the bolt-on maple-walnut neck promises easy playability of all positions of the 24-fret Macassar ebony fingerboard.
To elicit multifaceted but always perfectly articulate and tight sounds from the guitar amp, Ibanez equips the Axe Design Lab RG9 electric guitar with a Set of the hip Fishman Fluence Modern pickups in the nine-string version. In neck position, the Fluence Modern Alnico 9-string humbucker with a classic and a modern vo icing provides the perfect basis for crisp cleans and fluid solos with singing overdrive. The two voicings of the Fluence Modern Ceramic 9-String Humbucker at the bridge, on the other hand, easily assert themselves at maximum gain with razor-sharp focused mids and a tight
Of course, Ibanez completes the Axe Design Lab Standard RG9PB-TGF Transparent Gray Flat with professional hardware that is optimally matched to the characteristics of the 9-string guitar. The extremely solidly built Gibraltar II-9 bridge anchors the strings bombproof in the body for an especially crisp response and furthermore offers far-reaching adjustment possibilities for an exact intonation and comfortable string position. At the headstock, a Graph Tech nut guides the strings with a nearly straight pull to the Ibanez Die-Cast tuners, which keep the electric guitar securely in tune.