Similarities to the classic RG550 include a basswood body, a tilt neck joint with a stamped metal plate, a maple fingerboard with dot position markers and an original Edge double locking tremolo bridge with a locking nut. Differences include a five-piece laminated maple and walnut neck (the original neck was one-piece maple) and the pickups which are a pair of Ibanez V7/V8 humbuckers flanking an S1 single-coil (the original had Ibanez V1/V2 humbuckers, with the switch to the V7/V8s happening in 1994).
Model: RG550-BK
SPECIFICATIONS
| neck type |
Super Wizard/5pc Maple/Walnut neck |
| top/back/body |
Basswood body |
| fretboard |
Maple fretboard/Black dot inlay |
| fret |
Jumbo frets |
| number of frets |
24 |
| bridge |
Edge bridge |
| string space |
10.8mm |
| neck pickup |
V7 (H) neck pickup (Passive/Ceramic) |
| middle pickup |
S1 (S) middle pickup (Passive/Alnico) |
| bridge pickup |
V8 (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 |
Black |
