The Ibanez RG2228 is the world's first mass-produced eight string electric guitar.^[1] It came out in March 2007 and was introduced in the Winter NAMM Show of that year.^[2]

Specifications

Basic Information

• Scale Length - 27" (Baritone Scale)
• Neck Length - 685.8 mm
• Neck Material - Five-piece maple and wenge
• Body Material - Basswood
• Fingerboard - Rosewood with dot inlays
• Frets - 24 Jumbo Frets
• Bridge - Fixed Edge III-8, double-locking

Pickups

Neck and Bridge Pickups:

• Name - EMG 808
• Type - Active Humbucker

Strings

Notable users

• Tosin Abasi - Animals as Leaders, until Ibanez created his own signature 8-string model.
• Dino Cazares - Fear Factory, Asesino and Divine Heresy
• Ihsahn - Emperor, Thou Shalt Suffer and Peccatum
• Tony MacAlpine - Tony Macalpine band
• Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström from the Swedish tech-metal band Meshuggah use custom Ibanez eight-strings of a similar aesthetic design to the RG2228.
• Scott Hull - Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, (formerly) Anal Cunt
• Justin Lowe and Trent Hafdahl - After the Burial
• Misha Mansoor - Periphery
• Timfy James - Hacktivist
• Josh Martin - Little Tybee
• Herman Li - DragonForce
• Kevin Armelloni - Deadalus
• Sébastien Pirotte - Deadalus
• Joshua Travis - tony danza tapdance extravaganza