RG5121

RG5121 Dark Tide Blue Flat (more images)

The RG5121 is an RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2019. It is made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the high-end Prestige line.

The RG5121 features an African mahogany body with white binding bolted to a maple and wenge neck with a Macassar ebony fingerboard with 24 stainless steel frets, white binding, offset mother of pearl dot position markers and luminescent side dots. Components include a pair of Fishman Fluence Modern humbucking pickups with ceramic magnets, a Gibraltar Standard II fixed bridge and Gotoh tuning machines.

The RG5121L is a left-handed version. The RG5120M is a related tremolo-equipped model with an ash top and birdseye maple fretboard.

Specifications

Specifications for RG5121

Model name: RG5121 Year(s) produced: 2019–2022 Sold in: Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan 2020 / North & South America and Oceania / USA Made in: Japan Finish(es): Burgundy Metallic Flat (BCF) 2021 / Dark Tide Blue Flat (DBF)
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: African mahogany w/ white binding Neck joint: AANJ Bridge: Gibraltar Standard II fixed (10.8mm string spacing) Knob style: Gotoh VK1-19 knurled metal dome Hardware color: Cosmo black	Neck Neck type: Super Wizard HP Prestige Neck material: 5-piece maple/ wenge Scale length: 648mm/ 25½" Fingerboard material: Macassar ebony w/ white binding Fingerboard inlays: Offset mother of pearl dot / Luminlay side dots Frets: 24 / jumbo stainless steel (Prestige edge treatment) Nut: Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL (43mm) Machine heads: Gotoh SG381	Electronics/ Strings Pickup configuration: HH Bridge pickup: Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker Ceramic (H) active Neck pickup: Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker Ceramic (H) active Controls: Master volume / master tone / 3-way lever pickup selector / Fluence voicing mini-toggle Battery: 9V Output jack: ¼" stereo barrel (side mounted) String gauge (factory): .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046 (D'Addario EXL110) Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

About this table

Portal: Prestige series | RG series | Guitar models

Images

Additional finishes/ details

Burgundy Metallic Flat

Front of body (BCF finish)

Rear of body (BCF finish)

Pickup switching diagram

Control layout

Video

Ibanez RG5121 Prestige ( Tone Test )

Sources

• 2019 USA winter new product catalog (page 2)
• RG5121 product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2019
• RG5121 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2020
• RG5121 product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2021