An extended-scale electric ideal for down-tuning.
The RGD71ALPA from Ibanez is a 7-string metal machine designed to meet the demands of down-tuning, which requires a specific responsiveness not found in “normal” guitars. To optimize for the rich, desirable thickness of tone that down-tuning produces, the Ibanez RGD71ALPA features an extended neck and a 26.5” scale. Longer-than standard yet not overly long, the neck is still considered a “fast” neck and ideal for speed soloing. Extra-deep cutaways grant easy access to the highest notes while hand-wound Bare Knuckle Aftermath pickups deliver an accelerated bass response for tracking high-speed staccato riffing, with super high-end articulation.
Specifications
Body
- Body Type: Double-cutaway solid body
- Top wood: Poplar burl
- Body wood: Layered ash/nyatoh
- Neck wood: Multi-piece panga panga/walnut
- Scale length: 26.5"
- Truss rod: Standard
- Neck shape: Thin
- Material: Ebony
- Fret size: Jumbo
- Number of frets: 24
- Inlays: Dot
- Nut material: Plastic
- Configuration: HH
- Neck: Bare Knuckle humbucker
- Bridge: Bare Knuckle humbucker
- Bridge type: Mono-rail bridge
- Tailpiece: String-thru body
- Tuning machines: Locking
- Color: Black
- Number of strings: 7 string
- Orientation: Right-Handed
- Country of Origin: Japan
Features
- Nitro Wizard 5-piece panga panga/walnut neck
- Macassar ebony fretboard
- Jumbo Sub Zero treated frets
- Poplar burl top/layered ash and nyatoh body
- Bare Knuckle Aftermath pickups
- Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads
- Mono-rail bridge
- Coil-tap switch
- Schaller S-Locks strap lock pins