Ibanez RGMS8PB-CBS

RGMS8PB-CBS (Cosmic Blue Starburst) Electric guitar, multi-scale. 8-string.

The MS addition to the RG name indicates that the guitar is equipped with a multi-scale neck (often called Fanned Frets), which may appear somewhat unusual to someone who has never seen it before.
Multi Scale is exactly what it sounds like, simply that each string has a different scale/scale length, longer on the low/thick strings and shorter on the high/thin ones.
Ibanez was the first to build Multi Scale, Fanned Frets, or whatever you want to call this fantastic invention, on instruments that are not custom-ordered boutique instruments (but with a price tag to match) All this to find satisfactory solutions to the problems that contemporary metal musicians encounter with low-tuned guitars. Namely, that the low strings become fluttery and unclear if the ‘solo strings’ are to feel playable. Or, conversely, if the low strings sound good, they become bright and almost unplayable finger-breakers. To achieve stability in the low register, you need either a longer scale or very thick strings, often a combination of both.
With multi-scale, you get an instrument that feels and plays completely balanced across the entire register, the ultimate compromise between two conflicting goals.

Recent developments in music, with lower tunings and more strings, place completely new demands on what instruments must be able to do. Traditional guitars with 6 strings, straight frets and a short scale simply no longer work; the strings become like cooked spaghetti, intonation is like a wounded crow, etc. Multi Scale is a solution to these problems, as all strings have different scales.
Multi Scale also has the advantage of being extremely comfortable and ergonomic to play; it is simply nice for the hands. They follow the natural angle of the hand depending on where you play on the neck. The break-in period, the time it takes to get used to playing with it, is zero. The hands adapt immediately without any problems. Your eyes take a little longer to get used to it, maybe a quarter of an hour or so.
Instead of choosing a traditional angled bridge, Ibanez has used a technology they have successfully used on their basses for many years called a mono-rail bridge. Simply put, each string has its own bridge, which are completely separate from each other. This provides optimal isolation for each string, allowing the strings to vibrate without affecting or inhibiting each other.
This is the instrument for those who want the best for low-tuned playing.
They are built to make an impact on the Richter scale and still be very good instruments for solo/melody playing.

Specs:
• Wizard III-8 for Multi Scale, 5pc Maple/Walnut neck.
• 692mm/27.2'“ scale at 8th string, 648mm/25.5”' scales at 1st string.
• Poplar Burl top/Nyatoh body
• Jatoba fretboard w/White step off-set dot inlay.
• Jumbo frets.
• Mono-rail bridge.
• Array-8 MS (H) neck pickup.
• Array-8 MS (H) bridge pickup.
• D'Addario strings Gauge: .009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042/.059/.080.
• Cosmo Black hardware.
Matching case: MR350C.
Matching bag: IGB540-BK.

Neck:
• Scale: 692 mm/27.2'“ - 648 mm/25.5”'.
• Width 55 mm at NUT.
• Width 80 mm at 24F.
• Thickness 20 mm at 1F.
• Thickness 21.5 mm at 12F.