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Ibanez RG8

By 2012, New Release One Comment

Ibanez unleash new budget RG Series 8-string model. The RG8 features a 5-piece Maple/Walnut Wizard II-8 slim neck with a 27-inch scale length with down tuning. The basswood body has through-body stringing and a fixed bridge for maximum sustain while specially-designed Ibanez AH-18 and AH-28 humbucking pickups provide the grunt. The main differences with the RGA8 released in 2010 is the RGA8 has the FX EDGE lll-8 double-locking fixed bridge, LZ8-N and LZ8-B active pickups, mahogany body and is twice the price.
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Carvin DC800

Carvin DC800

By 2012, 8 string, New Release No Comments
The new Carvin DC800 is much more than a 7-string guitar with an extra string. Carvin have designed this model from the ground up with the 8-string guitarist in mind. An extended scale 27″ fingerboard with 20″ radius, new active A80 pickups, comfortable deep arm cut and belly cut and many more features make the DC800 the 8-string guitar players have been waiting for. The DC800 is a neck-through design, with maple neck and alder body standard.
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