The RG421EX features a mahogany body with black and white multi binding attached to a maple Wizard III neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with binding and white dot position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Quantum humbucking pickups and a fixed bridge. For 2018 the rosewood fretboard was replaced with jatoba. For 2019 the mahogany body was replaced with meranti. For 2020 the bridge was replaced with the F106. Two additional finishes showed up in 2020, Iron Pewter Matte and BPI ; these were described as “prototype” finishes. For 2021 the RG421EX was introduced in the USA market for the first time with a new, exclusive Transparent Crimson Fade Metallic finish.
Model: RG421EX-BKF
SPECIFICATIONS
| neck type |
Wizard III/Maple neck |
| top/back/body |
Meranti body |
| fretboard |
Bound Jatoba fretboard/White dot inlay |
| fret |
Jumbo frets |
| number of frets |
24 |
| bridge |
F106 bridge |
| string space |
10.5mm |
| neck pickup |
Quantum (H) neck pickup Passive/Ceramic |
| bridge pickup |
Quantum (H) bridge pickup Passive/Ceramic |
| factory tuning |
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E |
| strings |
D'Addario® EXL110 |
| string gauge |
.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046 |
| hardware color |
Black |
