Changes: MRG8

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MRG8 Black Charcoal

The MRG8 is an RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2008. It was made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the high end J Custom line. It was a spot model which was sold exclusively by musical instrument retailer Kurosawa Gakki in Japan.

The MRG8 features a flamed maple top on a chambered mahogany body bolted to a maple and walnut Super Wizard neck with a 24-fret dark rosewood fingerboard with flame maple binding and abalone dot position markers. Components include DiMarzio pickups mounted in a white pearloid pickguard with a pair of humbuckers flanking a single-coil, an Edge Zero double locking tremolo bridge with a removable ZPS3 tuning stabilizer and Gotoh tuning machines.

The MRG9 and MRG10 were released concurrently. The MRG8 was offered only in 2008 with a total of 48 examples produced.

Specifications

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Specifications for MRG8

Year(s) offered: 2008

Sold in: Japan

Made in: Japan

Finish(es): Black Charcoal

Body

Body type:
Chambered

Body material:
Mahogany body w/ AAA flamed maple top

Neck joint:
AANJ

Bridge:
Edge Zero tremolo

Pickguard:
White pearloid

Knob style:
Knurled metal dome

Hardware color:
Cosmo black

Neck

Neck type:
Super Wizard

Neck material:
5-piece maple/ walnut

Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"

Fingerboard material:
Dark rosewood w/ flamed maple binding

Fingerboard inlays:
Abalone dot

Frets:
24 / jumbo

Nut:
Top-Lok III

Machine heads:
Gotoh SG381

Electronics

Pickup configuration:
HSH

Bridge pickup:
DiMarzio Tone Zone (H)

Middle pickup:
DiMarzio Blue Velvet (S)

Neck pickup:
DiMarzio Air Norton (H)

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

About this table

Images

Additional details

Pickup switching diagram

Control layout

Sources

Ibanez Special J-Custom MRG8, Kurosawa Gakki (retailer website), archived March 2019

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-The Ibanez '''MRG8''' is a [[J Custom]] [[RG series]] model featuring a flamed maple top with a white pearloid pickguard, [[DiMarzio pickups]] and an [[Edge Zero]] tremolo. The MRG models are specially made for the Kurosawa Gakki musical instrument stores in Japan. In total 48 MRG8s were made. It was released in 2008 together with the [[MRG9]] and [[MRG10]].
+The '''MRG8''' is an [[RG series]] solid body electric guitar model introduced by [[Ibanez]] in 2008. It was made in Japan by [[FujiGen]] as part of the high end [[J Custom]] line. It was a [[spot model]] which was sold exclusively by musical instrument retailer Kurosawa Gakki in Japan.
+The MRG8 features a flamed maple top on a chambered mahogany body bolted to a maple and walnut Super Wizard neck with a 24-fret dark rosewood fingerboard with flame maple binding and abalone dot position markers. Components include DiMarzio pickups mounted in a white pearloid pickguard with a pair of [[humbucker]]s flanking a [[single-coil]], an Edge Zero [[double locking tremolo]] bridge with a removable ZPS3 tuning stabilizer and Gotoh tuning machines.
-The Black Charcoal finish is created specially for these models.
+The [[MRG9]] and [[MRG10]] were released concurrently. The MRG8 was offered only in 2008 with a total of 48 examples produced.
-{{speclist
- | name=MRG8
+{{Clr}}
- | series = RG series
+== Specifications ==
- | subseries = J Custom series
+{{Speclist
- | year=2008
- | area=JP
+ | name       =
+ | series     = RG series
- | colors=Black Charcoal
+ | subseries  = J Custom series
- | matbody=Chambered mahogany body with AAA flamed maple top
+ | year       = 2008
- | matneck=5-piece maple/ walnut
+ | made       = Japan
- | matfb=Dark rosewood with flamed maple binding
+ | area       = Japan
- | nj=[[AANJ]]
+ | colors     = Black Charcoal
- | neck=[[Super Wizard]]
+ | bodytype   = Chambered
- | frets=24 / jumbo
+ | matbody    = Mahogany body w/ AAA flamed maple top
- | bridge=[[Edge Zero]]
+ | matneck    = {{5pmw}}
- | hw=Cosmo black
+ | matfb      = Dark rosewood w/ flamed maple binding
- | pucon=HSH
- | puneck=[[DiMarzio Air Norton]]
+ | nj         = [[AANJ]]
- | pumid=[[DiMarzio Blue Velvet]]
+ | neck       = [[Super Wizard]]
+ | scale      = {{25.5}}
- | pubridge=[[DiMarzio Tone Zone]]
- | control=1 volume (with coil tap) / 1 tone / 5-way Lever
+ | nut        = [[Top-Lok III]]
+ | frets      = 24
- | inlay=Abalone dots
+ | fretsize   = jumbo
- | pg=White pearloid
+ | bridge     = [[Edge Zero]] tremolo
- | made=Japan
+ | hw         = Cosmo black
+ | pucon      = HSH
+ | puneck     = [[DiMarzio Air Norton]] {{H}}
+ | pumid      = [[DiMarzio Blue Velvet]] {{S}}
+ | pubridge   = [[DiMarzio Tone Zone]] {{H}}
+ | control    = {{VT5}} / push/pull coil-split on volume
+ | inlay      = Abalone dot
+ | pg         = White pearloid
+ | strings    =
+ | tuning     = <!-- E standard -->
+ | tuners     = [[Gotoh SG381]]
+ | knobs      = [[Knurled metal dome]]
 }}
+== Images ==
+{{Imagegallery
+ | models
+ | title = Additional details
+ | HSH 5-way push-pull stacked-single.png | Pickup switching diagram
+ | VT-5-way push-pull-coil-split-volume.png | Control layout
+}}
+== Sources ==
+<references/>
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20190318145838/http://www.kurosawagakki.com/ibanez/ibanez_mrg8.html Ibanez Special J-Custom MRG8], Kurosawa Gakki (retailer website), archived March 2019
 [[Category:Guitar models]]
 [[Category:RG models]]
 [[Category:J Custom models]]
+[[Category:HSH pickup configuration]]
+[[Category:Spot models]]
 [[Category:New in 2008]]
 [[Category:2008 models]]
-[[Category:Spot models]]
+[[Category:Discontinued guitar models]]
-[[Category:HSH pickup configuration]]