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The RG5440C is an RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2023. It was made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale Prestige line.

The RG5440C 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 EMG pickups with a pair of EMG SA single coils at the middle and neck positions and a EMG 81 Humbucker pickup at the bridge position, a Lo-Pro Edge double locking tremolo bridge, Gotoh tuning machines, and chrome hardware.

The RG5440C was discontinued after 2024

Specifications[]

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Specifications for RG5440C
Model name: RG5440C
Year(s) offered: 2023–2024
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: ¥ 330,000 (2024[1])
Finish(es): Deep Forest Green Metallic (DFM) / Pearl White (PW)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
African Mahogany w/ binding
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
Lo-Pro Edge tremolo (10.8mm string spacing)
Knob style:
Plastic top hat (white)
Hardware color:
Chrome
Neck
Neck type:
Super Wizard HP Prestige
Neck material:
5-piece maple/ wenge
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard material:
Macassar ebony w/ binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Offset mother of pearl dot/
Luminlay side dots
Frets:
24 / jumbo stainless steel (Prestige edge treatment)
Nut:
Top-Lok III (43mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh SG381
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HSS
Bridge pickup:
EMG 81 (H) active/ceramic
Middle pickup:
EMG SA (S) active/alnico
Neck pickup:
EMG SA (S) active/alnico
Controls:
Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector
Output jack:
¼" stereo barrel (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042 (D'Addario EXL120)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Other available finishes
2023 RG5440C-PW
Pearl White
Additional details
RG5440C rear
Rear of body
Eg control 13
Controls layout
Puswitch 5
Pickup switching

Sources[]

  1. RG5440C product page, Ibanez Japan, January 2024
  • RG5440C product page, Ibanez Europe, June 2023
  • RG5440C product page, Ibanez China, January 2024
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