Ibanez M8M Black Satin

Please note: This guitar comes with a hardshell case.

Formed in the college town of Ume in northern Sweden in 1987, MESHUGGAH have spent the last twenty years and cumulative thirteen releases developing, exploring, and redefining their complex, inimitable approach on the art of expressing the music they hear in their heads. A group that has not sounded like anyone else in over seventeen years, MESHUGGAH are one of the few purely and honestly lateral-thinking forces genuinely dedicated to pushing the boundaries of extreme music simply because doing so comes naturally to them. Unafraid to take risks and tackle new experiences, they create albums you can listen to a decade later and discover things you never noticed before. The mystical lore surrounding them pertains to the musical calculus of their odd-cycle time signatures shifting around common 4/4 time; therefore, it isn't shocking to see some of metal's biggest names standing in the wings at MESHUGGAH shows, shaking their heads at the band's down-tuned, groove-laden, and precisely performed polyrhythms that never veer out of control. Devotees include Tool, The Deftones, Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo of Metallica, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, and John Petrucci of Dream Theater. Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music and Hollywood's Musicians Institute both incorporate MESHUGGAH's back catalogue into their curriculum because it is such a crucial element in any modern musical education. The band's humble, self-assured beginnings could have never guessed their music would lead Rolling Stone magazine to rank MESHUGGAH as one of music's "10 Most Important Hard and Heavy Bands" or that they'd create a sonic legacy equivalent to Stephen Hawking's contributions to theoretical physics.

FEATURES

5pc Maple/Jatoba neck
The 5pc Maple/Jatoba Neck with excellent strength provides an enriched resonance.

Rosewood fretboard
Rosewood fretboard provides a well-balanced solid tone with a focused mid range.

Alder wing body
The Alder wing body delivers a well-balanced bright tone, enriched resonance and sustain.

Lundgren Model M8 pickup
Lundgren Model M8 pickups deliver a well-defined tone even playing with extremely high gain settings.

Hipshot machine heads
Hipshot machine heads offer incredible tuning stability.

FX Edge III-8 bridge
The FX Edge III-8 bridge combines fixed bridge sustain and double-locking tuning stability and was made specifically to handle and augment the awesome extended range of the 8-string models.

Neck-through construction
The neck-through construction contributes to massive sustain and smooth access to high fretboard positions.

SPECIFICATIONS

Neck Type: M8M / 5pc Maple/Jatoba / Neck-through
Top/Back/Body: Alder wing body
Fretboard: Rosewood fretboard
Fret: Jumbo frets / Prestige fret edge treatment
Number of Frets: 24
Bridge: FX Edge III-8 bridge
String Space: 10.8mm
Bridge Pickup: Lundgren Model M8 (H) bridge pickupPassive/Ceramic
Factory Tuning: 1D#,2A#,3F#,4C#,5G#,6D#,7A#,8F
Strings: Dunlop
String Gauge: .009/.011/.016/.026/.036/.046/.052/.070
Hardware Color: Black
Neck Scale: 747mm
Neck Width at NUT: 55mm
Neck Width at 24F: 80mm
Neck Thickness at 1F: 19.5mm
Neck Thickness at 12F: 21.5mm
Neck Radius: 400mmR