RG470DXFM
The RG is the most recognizable and distinctive guitar in the Ibanez line. Three decades of metal have forged this high-performance machine, honing it for both speed and strength. Whether you favor a hardtail (fixed) bridge or our industry-leading locking tremolo system, the RG is a precision instrument.
Product Features
Wizard III Maple neck
Ibanez's thin, flat and fast Wizard neck is strong and sturdy and offers unlimited playability and features a two-octave 24-fret fretboard for a wide tonal range.
Jatoba fretboard
Jatoba has a reddish brown color and produces a rich mid range with a crisp high end.
Jumbo frets
Jumbo frets contribute to smooth playability, especially for single-note playing.
Flamed Maple top / Meranti body
The Flamed Maple top flaunts a beautiful wood grain. The Meranti body provides a scooped mid-ranged sweet tone.
Quantum H-S-H pickups
The Quantum pickups provide accelerated bass response for exceptionally fast tracking of high-speed staccato riffing with crushing mid range and precise high-end articulation.
Edge-Zero II tremolo
The Edge Zero II bridge design features a lower profile tremolo for playing comfort and stud lock function for stable tuning.
Specifications
Body
- Top Material (For Solid) : Flamed Maple
- Body Material (For Solid) : Meranti
- Finish : Gloss Polyurethane
Neck
- Neck Type : Wizard III
- Neck Joint : Bolt-on
- Neck Material : Maple
- Neck Finish : Satin Polyurethane
- Neck Thickness (1st fret) : 19 mm
- Neck Thickness (12th fret) : 21 mm
- Scale Length : 648 mm / 25.5 inch
- Nut Width : 43 mm / 1.7 inch
- End Width : 58 mm
- Number of Frets : 24
- Fretboard : Jatoba
- Fretboard Radius : 400 mm / 15.75 inch
- Fret Type : Jumbo
- Inlay : Sharktooth
Hardware
- Bridge : Edge-Zero II
- String Spacing : 10.8 mm
- Nut : Locking
- Machine Heads : Ibanez machine heads
- Hardware Color : Cosmo Black
Electronics
- Active or Passive : Passive
- Neck Pickup : Quantum (H)
- Middle Pickup : Quantum (S)
- Bridge Pickup : Quantum (H)
- Controls / Pickup Selector : 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 5-way lever switch
Miscellaneous
- Number of Strings : 6
- String Gauges (top to bottom) : .009 / .011 / .016 / .024 / .032 / .042
- Special Strings : D'Addario EXL120
- Tuning (top to bottom) : 1E, 2B, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E
- Other Items Included : Tremolo arm, Hex wrench