The Ibanez

Ibanez

is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...

 RG Fixed is a range of guitars with fixed bridge

Bridge (instrument)

A bridge is a device for supporting the strings on a stringed instrument and transmitting the vibration of those strings to some other structural component of the instrument in order to transfer the sound to the surrounding air.- Explanation :...

 made by Ibanez. All guitars features two Humbucker

Humbucker

A humbucker is a type of electric guitar pickup, first patented by Seth Lover and the Gibson company, that uses two coils, both generating string signal. Humbuckers have higher output than a single coil pickup since both coils are connected in series...

s and a five-way pickup selector with the exception of the RGT6EXFX, RG321EX, RGR321EX and the Rg2Ex1/Rg2ex2 with only three-way selector.

Origins

The RG guitars with fixed bridges were introduced to the market following the demand of various artists for an RG guitar without a tremolo. The RG "fixed" series are basically regular RG guitars but with fixed bridges (i.e. excluding the tremolo). This series offers thru-body stringing for improved sound and sustain. The fixed bridge does make it harder to perform string bends, but in return gives more tuning stability, as well as an altogether warmer and rounder sound than the RG Tremolo

Ibanez RG Tremolo

The Ibanez RG Tremolo series is a series of guitars. They are made as a basic superstrat design, but are known for having much pointer horns then a standard superstrat. The series were introduced in 1987 with an RG Tremolo model known as RG570DX and sold well...

 series. The bodies are made of mahogany

Mahogany

The name mahogany is used when referring to numerous varieties of dark-colored hardwood. It is a native American word originally used for the wood of the species Swietenia mahagoni, known as West Indian or Cuban mahogany....

 as in Gibson's

Gibson Guitar Corporation

The Gibson Guitar Corporation, formerly of Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently of Nashville, Tennessee, manufactures guitars and other instruments which sell under a variety of brand names...

 Les Paul

Gibson Les Paul

The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...

 and SG

Gibson SG

At the launch of the SG in 1961, Gibson offered four variants of the SG; the SG Junior , the SG Special, the SG Standard, and the top-of-the-line SG Custom. However, Gibson's current core variants as of 2010 are the SG Standard and the SG Special...

 series, or basswood.

RG series

• RG2EX1
• RG2EX2
• RG3EX1
• RG321MH
• RG421RB
• RGR421EXFM
• RG321EX
• RGR321EX
• RG7321 (seven-stringed guitar)

PGM series

The Ibanez PGM301, Paul Gilbert's signature model, Is basically an RG Fixed Bridge with painted on F holes, a maple fretboard, Dimarzio Pickups, and the Tone control removed.

External links

• http://ibanezrules.com - Ibanez guitars database
• http://ibanez.com/eg/rg.aspx