The RG2228M is an eight string RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in mid 2007. It was the company's first mass produced eight string guitar. It was made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale Prestige line.
The RG2228 features a basswood body bolted to a maple and wenge 27-inch scale Ultra neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot position markers. Components include dual, active EMG humbucking pickups, a double-locking fixed Edge III-8 bridge and Gotoh tuning machines.
Titanium reinforcing rods were added to the neck starting in 2010.
In 2012, Ibanez introduced the RG2228A, which has passive DiMarzio pickups instead of the active EMGs fitted to the standard RG2228. The RG2228M variant which has a maple fretboard followed in 2013. The RG2228 is also the basis for Tosin Abasi's signatureTAM100 guitar which debuted in 2013.
