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EGEN8 Platinum Blonde

The EGEN8 is a E-Gen series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2010. It is a signature model of guitarist Herman Li, known for his work primarily with the British power metal band DragonForce. The EGEN8 is produced in Indonesia.

The EGEN8 is a more affordable version of Li's original signature guitar, the EGEN18. Both models are based on the S series but feature a number of changes, including the "kung fu grip" on the upper horn.

The EGEN8 features a flamed maple top on an African mahogany body bolted to a maple neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with abalone oval position markers. Components include an Edge III double locking tremolo bridge, Ibanez pickups with V7 & V8 humbuckers flanking an S1 single-coil

For 2018 the rosewood fretboard was replaced by jatoba.

Differences from the EGEN18 include an Edge III tremolo (in place of the EGEN18's Edge Zero) and Ibanez Vintage pickups (rather than the custom DiMarzio pickups on the EGEN18). The EGEN8 also loses the scalloped upper frets of the high-end model.

Specifications

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Specifications for EGEN8

Model name: EGEN8

Year(s) offered: 2010–2018

Sold in: Worldwide

Made in: Indonesia

Finish(es): Platinum Blond (PLB)

Body

Body type:
Solid body

Body material:
African mahogany w/ flamed maple top

Neck joint:
AANJ

Bridge:
Edge III (Herman Li special)

Hardware color:
Gold

Neck

Neck type:
Wizard III

Neck material:
3-piece maple

Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"

Fingerboard material:
2010–2017: Rosewood
2018: Jatoba

Fingerboard inlays:
Abalone oval

Frets:
24 / jumbo

Nut:
Barless Top-Lok

Electronics/ Strings

Pickup configuration:
HSH

Bridge pickup:
Ibanez V8 (H)

Middle pickup:
Ibanez S1 (S)

Neck pickup:
Ibanez V7 (H)

Controls:
Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector / push/pull coil-split on volume

String gauge (factory):
.009–.042

About this table

Sources

Herman Li (artist page), Ibanez Europe (website), archived from the original November 2017
2010 Europe catalog (page 36)
2012 USA catalog (page 32)
2014 North America catalog (page 5)
EGEN8 product page, Ibanez USA (website), archived May 2016
2017 Europe catalog (page 5)
EGEN8 product page, Ibanez USA, archived from the original January 2018

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 The EGEN8 features a flamed maple top on an African mahogany body bolted to a maple neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with abalone oval position markers. Components include an Edge III [[double locking tremolo]] bridge, Ibanez pickups with V7 & V8 [[humbucker]]s flanking an S1 [[single-coil]]
-For 2018 the rosewood fretboard is replace by jatoba.
+For 2018 the rosewood fretboard was replaced by jatoba.
 Differences from the EGEN18 include an Edge III tremolo (in place of the EGEN18's Edge Zero) and Ibanez Vintage pickups (rather than the custom DiMarzio pickups on the EGEN18). The EGEN8 also loses the scalloped upper frets of the high-end model.
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