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The RG9PB is a nine string RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2014. It is produced in Indonesia as one of the initial models in the newly created Axe Design Lab line.

The RG9PB features a poplar burl top on a nyatoh body bolted to a maple and walnut 28" scale Wizard-9 neck with a 24-fret Macassar ebony fingerboard with white dot position markers. Components include a pair of active Fishman Fluence humbucking pickups, a Graph Tech TUSQ nut, and a Gibraltar Standard II-9 fixed bridge.

Specifications[]

Related content: Axe Design Lab series | RG series | Models-icon
Specifications for RG9PB
Model name: RG9PB
Year(s) offered: 2023–2025
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / USA
Made in: Indonesia
Price: MSRP: JP¥ 200,000 (2023[1]–2024[2]) • SMAP: US$1,299.99 (2024)[3]
Finish(es): Transparent Gray Flat (TGF)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Nyatoh w/ poplar burl top
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
Gibraltar Standard II-9 fixed (10.8mm string spacing)
Knob style:
Knurled metal dome
Hardware color:
Cosmo black
Neck
Neck type:
Wizard-9
Neck material:
5-piece maple/ walnut
Scale length:
712mm/ 28"
Fingerboard material:
Macassar ebony
Fingerboard inlays:
White dot
Frets:
24 / jumbo nickel silver
Nut:
Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL (62mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker Ceramic 9 bridge (H) active/ ceramic
Neck pickup:
Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker Alnico 9 neck (H) 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/.054/.075/.090
(D'Addario EXL120 + .075/.090)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E,7B,8F#,9C#
(B Std. 9-string)

Images[]

Additional details
2023 RG9PB TGF 1P 01 back
Rear
2023 RG9PB TGF 1P 01 front-3-4
Front ¾ view
2023 RG9PB TGF 1P 01 body-front
Body front
2023 RG9PB TGF 1P 01 body-back
Body back
2023 RG9PB neck
Walnut & maple neck
2023 RG9PB fretboard
Macassar ebony fretboard
2023 Gibraltar-Standard-II-9 bridge
Gibraltar Standard II-9 bridge
Controls-layout VT3 coil-split Fluence
Controls layout
Pickup-switching HH coil-split
Pickup switching

Sources[]

  1. RG9PB product page, Ibanez Japan, archived March 2023
  2. RG9PB product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2024
  3. RG9PB product listing, Sweetwater (US retailer), archived February 2024
  • RG9PB product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2023
  • RG9PB product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2024
  • RG9PB product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2025
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