RG8420ZD

RG8420ZD Black Onyx (more images)

The RG8420ZD is an RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2008. It is made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the high end J Custom line.

The RG8420ZD features a AAA flamed maple top with binding on an African mahogany body bolted to a titanium reinforced maple and walnut neck with Velvetouch treatment and a 24-fret selected rosewood fingerboard with flamed maple binding Tree of Life vine inlays. Components include recessed Easy Access control knobs, two Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups, an Edge Zero double locking tremolo bridge with a locking nut and a removable ZPS tuning stabilizer and Gotoh tuning machines and strap locks.

For 2019 the maple and walnut neck with KTS titanium reinforcing rods was replaced with a maple and wenge construction without titanium rods.

The RG8420QD which was introduced in 2015 is similar except it has a quilted maple top, different bridge and some additional pickup coil-tap features. The RG8520ZE is a similar model with active EMG pickups. The RG8520 is a related model with DiMarzio pickups and a Lo-Pro Edge tremolo.

Specifications

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Specifications for RG8420ZD

Model name: RG8420ZD Year(s) offered: 2008–2019 Sold in: Japan 2008–2017, 2019 / China 2018 Made in: Japan Finish(es): Black Onyx (BX) 2008–2018 / Purple Amethyst (PA) 2009–2013 / Red Spinel (RS) 2008–2017 / Royal Blue Sapphire (RBS) 2019 / Dark Lapis Lazuli (DLL) 2008–2017
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: African mahogany w/ 4mm AAA flamed maple top & binding Neck joint: AANJ Bridge: Edge Zero tremolo w/ ZPS3 stabilizer Hardware color: Cosmo black	Neck Neck type: 2008–2009: Super Wizard 2010–2018: RG J Custom Neck material: 2008–2018: 5-piece maple/ walnut w/ KTS titanium rods 2019: 5-piece maple/ wenge Scale length: 648mm/ 25½" Fingerboard material: Rosewood w/ flamed maple binding Fingerboard inlays: Tree of Life Frets: 24 / jumbo (J. Custom edge treatment) Nut: Barless Top-Lok Machine heads: Gotoh SG381	Electronics/ Strings Pickup configuration: HH Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan Custom 5 TB-14 (H) Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan Jazz Model SH-2 (H) Controls: Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector String gauge (factory): .009–.042

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Additional finishes/ details

Dark Lapiz Lazuli

Purple Amethyst

Red Spinel

Royal Blue Sapphire

Pickup switching diagram

Control layout

Sources

• 2008 Japan catalog (page 5)
• 2012 Japan catalog (page 7)
• 2016 Japan catalog (page 15)
• RG8420ZD product page, Ibanez Japan (website), archived from the original December 2017
• RG8420ZD product page, Ibanez China (website), archived from the original May 2018
• RG8420ZD product page, Ibanez Japan (website), archived from the original January 2019