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At A Glance
- Neck Type
- Wizard III / Roasted Maple neck
- Top/Back/Body
- Flamed Maple top / Nyatoh body
- Fretboard
- Jatoba fretboard / White dot inlay
- Fret
- Jumbo frets
- Number of Frets
- 24
- Bridge
- Double Locking tremolo bridge
- String Space
- 10.5mm
- Neck Pickup
- DiMarzio Air Norton (H) neck pickup (Passive/Alnico)
- Bridge Pickup
- DiMarzio The Tone Zone (H) bridge pickup (Passive/Alnico)
- Factory Tuning
- 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E
- Strings
- D'Addario EXL120
- String Gauge
- .009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042
- Nut
- Locking nut
- Hardware Color
- Gold
- Scale
- 648mm/25.5"
- A : Width
- 43mm at NUT
- B : Width
- 58mm at 24F
- C : Thickness
- 19mm at 1F
- D : Thickness
- 21mm at 12F
- Radius
- 400mmR
- Color
- Blue Reef Gradation
Ibanez built the RG420HPFMBRG as part of the RG Series, positioning it as a high-performance double-locking tremolo instrument with a flamed maple top over a Nyatoh body and a Wizard III roasted maple neck — a configuration aimed at players requiring a fast, thin profile and extended upper-fret access across all 24 frets.
The Jatoba fretboard carries white dot inlays and jumbo frets across a 400mmR radius, with a 648mm (25.5") scale length. Nut width measures 43mm, widening to 58mm at the 24th fret, with neck thickness running 19mm at the first fret and 21mm at the twelfth. A locking nut pairs with the double-locking tremolo bridge — string spacing set at 10.5mm — and all hardware is finished in gold. Electronics consist of a DiMarzio Air Norton humbucker at the neck and a DiMarzio The Tone Zone humbucker at the bridge, both passive Alnico designs. The guitar left the factory strung with D'Addario EXL120s (.009–.042) in standard E tuning.
Owners sourcing replacement parts — tremolo components, locking nut blocks, or pickup-mounting hardware — should verify dimensions against the physical instrument before ordering, and consult a qualified guitar technician for setup, intonation, or any structural work.
STRAIGHT TALK
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