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The RG5328 is an eight string RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2019. It was made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale Prestige line.

The RG5328 features an ash body with white binding bolted to a maple and wenge 27-inch scale Wizard-8 neck with a 24-fret Macassar ebony fingerboard with white binding, mother of pearl dot position markers and luminescent side dots. Components include a pair of DiMarzio Fusion Edge 8 humbucking pickups, a Gibraltar Standard II-8 fixed bridge, a Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut, and Gotoh locking tuning machines.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for RG5328
Model name: RG5328
Year(s) offered: 2019–2024
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan 2020–2024 / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: US$2,533.32 (2019)[1] / JP¥ 275,000 (2020[2]–2023[3]) / JP¥ 315,000 (2023[4]–2024[5]) • SMAP: US$1,899.99 (2019)[1]
Finish(es): Lightning Through a Dark (LDK)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Ash w/ white binding
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
Gibraltar Standard II-8 fixed (10.8mm string spacing)
Knob style:
Gotoh VK1-19 knurled metal dome
Hardware color:
Cosmo black
Neck
Neck type:
Wizard-8
Neck material:
5-piece maple/ wenge
Scale length:
686mm/ 27"
Fingerboard material:
Macassar ebony w/ binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Mother of pearl dot
Luminlay side dots
Frets:
24 / jumbo stainless steel (Prestige edge treatment)
Nut:
Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL (55mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh SG381 MG-T locking
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
DiMarzio Fusion Edge 8 bridge (H) passive/ ceramic
Neck pickup:
DiMarzio Fusion Edge 8 neck (H) passive/ ceramic
Controls:
Master volume / master tone / 3-way lever pickup selector / coil-split toggle
Output jack:
¼" stereo barrel (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042/.054/.065
(D'Addario EXL120-8)
Factory tuning:
1D# 2A# 3F# 4C# 5G# 6D# 7A# 8F

Images[]

Additional details
RG5328 bridge
Gibraltar Standard II-8 bridge
RG5328 headstock
Headstock
2021 RG5328 LDK 00 02 back
Rear of body
HH 3-way-toggle coil-split-toggle
Pickup switching
Controls VT3L coil-split-toggle
Controls layout

Sources[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 2019 USA winter new product catalog (p. 2)
  2. RG5328 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2020
  3. RG5328 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2023
  4. RG5328 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived March 2023
  5. RG5328 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2024
  • RG5328 product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2019
  • RG5328 product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2021
  • RG5328 product page, Ibanez USA, archived May 2022
  • RG5328 product page, Ibanez China, archived January 2023
  • RG5328 product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2024
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