The RG9QM is a nine string RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in mid-2014. Along with the RG90BKP Prestige, the RG9QM was the initial 9 string offering from Ibanez. It was produced in Indonesia.
The RG9QM features a quilted maple top on a basswood body bolted to a maple and bubinga Wizard-9 neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with white dot position markers and a 28" scale. Components include dual Ibanez Quantum humbucking pickups, a Gibraltar Standard II-9 fixed bridge, and a Graph Tech TUSQ nut.
For 2018 the rosewood fretboard was replaced with jatoba and a maple and bubinga neck was replaced with a maple and walnut construction.
A version without the exotic quilted maple top, the RG9, was introduced in 2015. The RG8FM is a similar eight string model with a flamed maple top.
The RG9QM was discontinued after 2018.
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- 2014 Japan catalog (page 22)
- 2015 USA catalog (page 22)
- RG9QM product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2015
- RG9QM product page, Ibanez USA, archived May 2016
- 2017 Europe catalog (page 21)
- RG9QM product page, Ibanez Europe, archived November 2017
- 2018 Europe catalog (page 20)
- RG9QM product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2018