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@@TheRandomSpectator I don't really agree... I think its good to have a variety of choices. Also, if the whole point of a 9 string is to maintain the low range AND high range sounds(as the video mentions), then 28" is much more reasonable for the treble strings. If you want a guitar solely for low tunings, a baritone 6 or 7 string makes more sense. A 9 string is, by its very design and intention, a compromise, and 28"-29" makes more sense than 30"+
@@TheRandomSpectator In spite of having loved playing a super-strat, I still wanted extended range guitars. That being said, I wish my 7 string was a multiscale (the trebles are a smidge less easy to bend than the strat with merely .5" scale length difference). Why guitars with more than 7 strings are NOT multiscale is beyond me. You're disrespecting the treble strings keeping them that stupidly long. Physics, bruh.
It honestly sounds so massive. I love it. Pitch shifting will probably not get you that full demon-growling tone. I just got my first 7 string and I'm already wanting a 9 string lmao.
that route is done to death though. I have a 7 string I keep it in b flat tuning and I keep the bass player happy. Plenty of death metal bands like carcass and chuck schuldiner use b flat or d standard. practicing and not retail therapy is what makes a evil track. Bass players kill music and groove so why do you think they wouldn't kill you?
@@smeagol7247 I'm always resisting the urge to downtune my 7 a half step (I mean... Nevermore, bro). But I digress. I'm with you on bass playing. I think the bass guitar still "thumps" down to either a B or an A# (depending on the instrument). Anything lower and the lowest note starts having a muddy sounding attack with that sub-resonance afterwards instead of a clear and decisive note. A 5 string bass and a 7 string guitar is a good pair and helps creatively limit you, imo. I find listening to good metal that is recorded in a certain tuning causes one to stick to that tuning. I mean, c'mon, a 7 string is already brutally low in B-Standard. Fear Factory, Scar Symmetry, Carcass, Soilwork, Fleshgod Apocalypse and F.F.D.Punch are all super chug (to name a few, some just downtuned 6).
@@brianbergmusic5288 Tuning half a step down sounds great on my cheap Ibanez 7 string I use moderate amount of distortion and use overdrive to boast the tone. Everyone uses the bottom frets on a 7 string I use the top and it sounds awesome. Just got to be original in the way you use an instrument if your band is the rotting zombie corpses from Venus who playing 8 strings in drop g and your music is a drop g version of slayer. and your solos sound like a seal being run over by a steam roller. then I absolutely agree with you use the low b string to finish your pentatonic riff like carcass unfit for human consumption it sounds fantastic. if you think b flat is brutally low then drop g or drop b might give you a heart attack. Tell me how many catchy 7 string riffs there are zero. the tip is dont djent. Certainly would not go lower then b flat. i suggest you try it out because between drop a and b standard b flat is my favorite tuning.
@@smeagol7247 I like my 7 string down a whole step to A standard, but I don't have a 5 string bass yet to record with, may just use my synths in the meantime.
I'm really not a fan of 9 strings, but I will admit that this one is pretty cool. Also, the demo track was really good, love the Phrygian/byzantine riffs. I would love to see this finish on a 6 or 7 string (even an 8 would do).
loved the clean part at 2:56, really fckn cool! also missed opportunity to call it the Ibanez RPG9 cuz you could probably blow up a tank with those tones lol
The hard part is trying to dial a tone that works actually, EQ works basically the same way as any other guitar. The signal chain is what's going to be a nightmare.
@@Ottophil NO! You still need bass down there because unless you're not using cabs at all everything's just bound to get highpassed at 100Hz anyway and because drums are playing too fast they have to get highpassed up at 100Hz also which means you need something to fill that 20Hz-80Hz area, and the only thing that can fit under there is bass.
Thank you for sharing I was seeing this guitar on ebay and I had to hear the way it sounds and you make my day, you make it sound the way it should, Thank you
9 strings seem to still be very polarizing to alot of people so I'd like to add to that discussion The reason I'm interested in a 9 string is really simple, I'm not gonna go out there and but loads of guitars for different tunings and having one guitar that goes from stupid low to standard E means I can play most if not all of the music I like with minimal changes to tuning and all on one solid guitar and that alone is a selling point for me that I don't see enough people talking about. Like to elaborate I love chugging on the low strings but when I wanna do leads I either have to switch to a higher tuned guitar or completely retune and restring my main guitar and I don't wanna buy a guitar that has all of the same features as one I already own just so I can put one in drop E and the other in E standard
@biohazard8295 depends on the tuning I wanna play in, I do love the sound of a low C# which can be done on 8 but if I wanna play drop E then I fall into the same issue, I have tried lower than C#1 but I don't enjoy playing that low
Sup bro I knew I recognized you!!!! I’m the security on your left side of the stage next to you.Thanks for playing at my venue xbar in Cupertino with within destruction.Your band carcosa was dope!
So happy to see you getting some love from Ibanez man. And just for clarification, is that switch to coil split or is that for the active/passive voicing on the fishmans? Just wondering because there was no mention of the voicing changes that are one of the selling points on the Fishmans, and usually the coil split stuff is something people have to enable after the fact with the moderns. If accurate, interesting for Ibanez to set it up with just one voicing and going for the split by default instead.
So Mr Baena, (grrr) you didn't use all 24 frets on all nine strings (I'm over 55 and going to freak it) if I was there, I would play some pentatonic blues on it like you should. All you metal kids should just be playing your 21 fret basses! Huge congrats for working with Ibanez, Andrew! Turbo edit for clarity, I was purely being ironic with the first half of this post, This guitar is really sick as was the demo that accompanied it.
I got my first 8 string early 2019. I was gonna go for a 7 string but thought screw it I'll go the extra mile and get the 8 string. I LOVE it, I don't think I'd ever go for a 9 string. Seems overkill.
I believe that this 9 string guitar makes only sense for Ibanez... they believe that if they introduce a 9 string model then more people will buy 7 and 8 string model , but they will also keep their 6 string models . I think it would have more sense to create a baritone guitar that has only that last strings - 9th , 8th , 7th , 6th , 5th , 4th - and they would think more about neck shape adjustment , rather than creating a guitar with... two truss rods .
totally agree, putting more strings is not a point, is better to create more 7 or 8 baritone guitars, for example 7 string 28inch, because there's a lot 7 string with 26.5inch from Ibanez and honestly I don't get the point with this 26.5, why 95% of 7 string is in this scales and then you creates 8 string with the same scale 😁 and honostely 90% don't want to play 9 string because of huge neck, thers no point in my opinion
They do have a 6 string baritone. It’s the Ibanez RGIB6/RGIB21 28” scale. I had one and it was amazing and regret getting rid of it. Had it in drop F# with a Titan in the bridge and was a beast!
Im curious on the bass tuning. Are you an octave below that low B? Or at this point, is the bass and guitar just playing at the same octave? I'd imagine an octave below that will be in the sub bass territory.
Niiice.. I have a 7 string ibanez lefty and 8 string schecter rob scallon MS lefty.i wanna go straight to 10 string and skip the 9 string but only agile make 10 string for lefty 😢 i dunno what they are like. And ive small hands
This guitar is cool and everything, but why have Ibanez released two quality 8 and 9 strings this year, but no 7 string? Even though the demand for 7 strings is much higher...? If they made a 7 string version of this or the RGDMS I would be buying it right now.
The fret board is HUGE!!! You gotta have Godzilla hands to stretch across that thick wood! No pun intended. I’m an Ibanez fan as well but in the bass side 5,6, and 7 strings
The only other thing I don't like about all the ibanez 9 strings along with the scale length, is the neck pickup not being closer to the neck. Hate it! But I still want one just bc it's ibanez.
That disgusting open low B string is such a beautiful sound to my ears! But I think that is where I am gonna leave it. 7 string messes with my head enough haha!
Their line up this year for extended range was disappointing af. That 9 string and rgd8 are cool but no locking tuners on the 9? Nickel frets on both? That s series multi scale got evogold frets and locking tuners. I wish that headless 7 string model got the same color as this 9.
Ehh the 9th string works for like djent, but, it just doesn't seem to work well. I actually like 9 string guitars especially with a floyd rose whammy BUT I admit that 8 strings seems to be the peak and 7 seems to work the best while 6 is the most common for valid reasons. I'll likely get a 9 string at some point, very rarely used guitar as it is, it'll be fun to play with such a toy, such a instrument.
It doesn't have stainless steel frets and that's deal killer for me. Getting fret replacement for this bass when those cheap nickle frets are worn down would probably cost more than the bass.🤨
Great playing, great guitar. But this is where it crossed the line for me, in my opinion this doesn't work, that low string sounds ridiculous and not in a good way tbh. Either this guitar needs a longer scale length, or if it's even remotely possible, a thicker lowest string... Just to be clear, I wouldn't know what to do with this guitar...I have a 7 string and it's already pushing it for me, not sure if I'd dare to cross the 8 string bridge, for sure this 9 string isn't for me, more power to you if you like it!
28” scale length simply isn’t enough for rocking a C# (or lower) ninth string. That, plus the .90 low string is laughably thin for that tuning. Pitch drift must be a mother fucker as you realistically need a .100 at 30”.
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Sick demo track
Edit: no locking tuners is inexcusable for a guitar at this price point and of this quality.
Considering the RGD8 of the same series has them I would agree. Scale length sucks too.
lol … many better guitars over $1300 don’t come with locking tuners and players who do lots of bending survive.
That 9 string guitar looks insane my hand hurts just looking at it lol 😂
As an owner of the Schecter C9, yes. It's fuckin massive. A 9 string really should be 30" though.
@@TheRandomSpectator I don't really agree... I think its good to have a variety of choices. Also, if the whole point of a 9 string is to maintain the low range AND high range sounds(as the video mentions), then 28" is much more reasonable for the treble strings. If you want a guitar solely for low tunings, a baritone 6 or 7 string makes more sense. A 9 string is, by its very design and intention, a compromise, and 28"-29" makes more sense than 30"+
@@sfishy5540 Multiscale then
@@sfishy5540 a 26.5-29” multiscale would be fantastic
@@TheRandomSpectator In spite of having loved playing a super-strat, I still wanted extended range guitars. That being said, I wish my 7 string was a multiscale (the trebles are a smidge less easy to bend than the strat with merely .5" scale length difference). Why guitars with more than 7 strings are NOT multiscale is beyond me. You're disrespecting the treble strings keeping them that stupidly long. Physics, bruh.
It honestly sounds so massive. I love it. Pitch shifting will probably not get you that full demon-growling tone. I just got my first 7 string and I'm already wanting a 9 string lmao.
that route is done to death though. I have a 7 string I keep it in b flat tuning and I keep the bass player happy. Plenty of death metal bands like carcass and chuck schuldiner use b flat or d standard. practicing and not retail therapy is what makes a evil track. Bass players kill music and groove so why do you think they wouldn't kill you?
@@smeagol7247 I'm always resisting the urge to downtune my 7 a half step (I mean... Nevermore, bro). But I digress.
I'm with you on bass playing. I think the bass guitar still "thumps" down to either a B or an A# (depending on the instrument). Anything lower and the lowest note starts having a muddy sounding attack with that sub-resonance afterwards instead of a clear and decisive note. A 5 string bass and a 7 string guitar is a good pair and helps creatively limit you, imo.
I find listening to good metal that is recorded in a certain tuning causes one to stick to that tuning. I mean, c'mon, a 7 string is already brutally low in B-Standard. Fear Factory, Scar Symmetry, Carcass, Soilwork, Fleshgod Apocalypse and F.F.D.Punch are all super chug (to name a few, some just downtuned 6).
@@brianbergmusic5288 Tuning half a step down sounds great on my cheap Ibanez 7 string I use moderate amount of distortion and use overdrive to boast the tone. Everyone uses the bottom frets on a 7 string I use the top and it sounds awesome. Just got to be original in the way you use an instrument if your band is the rotting zombie corpses from Venus who playing 8 strings in drop g and your music is a drop g version of slayer. and your solos sound like a seal being run over by a steam roller. then I absolutely agree with you use the low b string to finish your pentatonic riff like carcass unfit for human consumption it sounds fantastic. if you think b flat is brutally low then drop g or drop b might give you a heart attack. Tell me how many catchy 7 string riffs there are zero. the tip is dont djent. Certainly would not go lower then b flat. i suggest you try it out because between drop a and b standard b flat is my favorite tuning.
@@smeagol7247 I like my 7 string down a whole step to A standard, but I don't have a 5 string bass yet to record with, may just use my synths in the meantime.
@@scramblesthedeathdealer bit to low for my tastes the frequency starts to compete with the bass player.
The full demo mix sounded really cool
I'm really not a fan of 9 strings, but I will admit that this one is pretty cool. Also, the demo track was really good, love the Phrygian/byzantine riffs. I would love to see this finish on a 6 or 7 string (even an 8 would do).
I was about to say the exact same thing!
They do have a premium 6 string with a similar finish if that's what you're looking for
The RG6003FM has a very similar looking bro if you are looking something like that
loved the clean part at 2:56, really fckn cool!
also missed opportunity to call it the Ibanez RPG9 cuz you could probably blow up a tank with those tones lol
I have to imagine that mixing/EQing a 9 string would be a nightmare. I have enough trouble with 7 strings.
The hard part is trying to dial a tone that works actually, EQ works basically the same way as any other guitar. The signal chain is what's going to be a nightmare.
Gain levels have to be changed drastically too, too much makes it so harsh
Ditch the bassist, obsolete
@@Ottophil NO! You still need bass down there because unless you're not using cabs at all everything's just bound to get highpassed at 100Hz anyway and because drums are playing too fast they have to get highpassed up at 100Hz also which means you need something to fill that 20Hz-80Hz area, and the only thing that can fit under there is bass.
Just need a good bass guitar distortion then you can add distortion on the highs and less distortion on the lows
Thank you for sharing I was seeing this guitar on ebay and I had to hear the way it sounds and you make my day, you make it sound the way it should, Thank you
Since Ibanez is probably watching this video.
🙏PLEASE 🙏 give us some 30" scale guitars. 🥺
the way that low b shakes, wowza
Isn’t that a video editing effect?
9 strings seem to still be very polarizing to alot of people so I'd like to add to that discussion
The reason I'm interested in a 9 string is really simple, I'm not gonna go out there and but loads of guitars for different tunings and having one guitar that goes from stupid low to standard E means I can play most if not all of the music I like with minimal changes to tuning and all on one solid guitar and that alone is a selling point for me that I don't see enough people talking about.
Like to elaborate I love chugging on the low strings but when I wanna do leads I either have to switch to a higher tuned guitar or completely retune and restring my main guitar and I don't wanna buy a guitar that has all of the same features as one I already own just so I can put one in drop E and the other in E standard
Good luck with that
Isnt 8 strings enough for that?
@biohazard8295 depends on the tuning I wanna play in, I do love the sound of a low C# which can be done on 8 but if I wanna play drop E then I fall into the same issue, I have tried lower than C#1 but I don't enjoy playing that low
7 string with a pack of 8 strings is where it's drop G toss out the high string put the rest on and good to go
Sup bro I knew I recognized you!!!!
I’m the security on your left side of the stage next to you.Thanks for playing at my venue xbar in Cupertino with within destruction.Your band carcosa was dope!
So happy to see you getting some love from Ibanez man.
And just for clarification, is that switch to coil split or is that for the active/passive voicing on the fishmans? Just wondering because there was no mention of the voicing changes that are one of the selling points on the Fishmans, and usually the coil split stuff is something people have to enable after the fact with the moderns. If accurate, interesting for Ibanez to set it up with just one voicing and going for the split by default instead.
The volume knob is a push pull for the voicing options, Switch is for coil split. I just didn’t get around to messing with the voicings in this video
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@@BaenaCarcosa ah right on, thanks for the clarification man
I'm so Happy for you that you've been the first to get your hands on it. This thing is a piece of art. Defenetly have my eyes on it, maybe i'll buy it
So proud of you dude this is amazing!
This is the 9 string guitar that I want so bad. I've been wanting the RGD71ALMS for the last few years. Now I want the RGDMS8 and this one
So Mr Baena, (grrr) you didn't use all 24 frets on all nine strings (I'm over 55 and going to freak it) if I was there, I would play some pentatonic blues on it like you should. All you metal kids should just be playing your 21 fret basses!
Huge congrats for working with Ibanez, Andrew!
Turbo edit for clarity, I was purely being ironic with the first half of this post, This guitar is really sick as was the demo that accompanied it.
Wow. The grind on those low notes! This thing is a beast!
Personally I think that 9 strings are a little bit to much but damm!! That tuning really sound amazing!! Nice job with that demo song bro👌
I got my first 8 string early 2019. I was gonna go for a 7 string but thought screw it I'll go the extra mile and get the 8 string. I LOVE it, I don't think I'd ever go for a 9 string. Seems overkill.
I believe that this 9 string guitar makes only sense for Ibanez... they believe that if they introduce a 9 string model then more people will buy 7 and 8 string model , but they will also keep their 6 string models . I think it would have more sense to create a baritone guitar that has only that last strings - 9th , 8th , 7th , 6th , 5th , 4th - and they would think more about neck shape adjustment , rather than creating a guitar with... two truss rods .
totally agree, putting more strings is not a point, is better to create more 7 or 8 baritone guitars, for example 7 string 28inch, because there's a lot 7 string with 26.5inch from Ibanez and honestly I don't get the point with this 26.5, why 95% of 7 string is in this scales and then you creates 8 string with the same scale 😁 and honostely 90% don't want to play 9 string because of huge neck, thers no point in my opinion
They do have a 6 string baritone. It’s the Ibanez RGIB6/RGIB21 28” scale. I had one and it was amazing and regret getting rid of it. Had it in drop F# with a Titan in the bridge and was a beast!
Yo congrats on 300 k holysht. 👏
I'm 7 and 8 string player, but this 9 string really catches my eyes.
Im curious on the bass tuning. Are you an octave below that low B? Or at this point, is the bass and guitar just playing at the same octave? I'd imagine an octave below that will be in the sub bass territory.
Great video Bro. Keep it up!
I absolutely love this guitar!
Awesome review and guitar! Love your content! 🔥👍🏻
pretty sick guitar. Im also amazed at the price, not bad at all.
Thank to you i have one now. and itd my main guitar. Thanks from France !
Really informative, thnx dood 💰
im here to check out that 28 scale hehehe
That breakdown in the end made me Breeeeeeee out loud!
Are those stock string gauges…could you go insane and tune to A0 with it? If so, I’m sold. (A0 without drop pedal).
im happy they kept the skinny bottom horn, thats cool
9th string go FLARRRRP
what do you think about it compared to the schecter c-9?
Schechter all the way ❤
How comfortable is that neck i wonder?
Even though there are things that could be improved upon, for its price and with the Fishmans, it seems pretty damn good for what it is.
Niiice.. I have a 7 string ibanez lefty and 8 string schecter rob scallon MS lefty.i wanna go straight to 10 string and skip the 9 string but only agile make 10 string for lefty 😢 i dunno what they are like.
And ive small hands
That 9 string sounds dame good in the mix I want to play around with a 9 string now.
I own this guitar and I love it
Sweet Christmas, that guitar is a beast
This guitar is cool and everything, but why have Ibanez released two quality 8 and 9 strings this year, but no 7 string? Even though the demand for 7 strings is much higher...? If they made a 7 string version of this or the RGDMS I would be buying it right now.
The fret board is HUGE!!! You gotta have Godzilla hands to stretch across that thick wood! No pun intended. I’m an Ibanez fan as well but in the bass side 5,6, and 7 strings
I'm undecided whether to buy this guitar or the Schecter Damien Platinum 9. 🤔
They need to put separate pick out puts maybe even different placement so you can have one for the bass strings and one for reg guitar strings
2:44 sheesh man so good
Dude speaks without even opening his mouth. Shits so wild.
As a Bass Player, do I just quit or just stand there?
The only other thing I don't like about all the ibanez 9 strings along with the scale length, is the neck pickup not being closer to the neck. Hate it!
But I still want one just bc it's ibanez.
message right away
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I hope they make one of these 9’s in a Les Paul shape, like they did with the 8.
That top string seems little floppy maybe should have made this model multi scale ? Like the sound though
I think 8 was too brutal, but that thing is not just brutal, that thing was definitely a mass killing machine.
The new norm one day will be 8 string guitars and 6 string basses. I mean 8 string guitars are so much easier to get than they used to be.
Bro that song is pure evil!!!...goosebumps!!!
Whats the best 9 string I could buy?
The Prestige 9 Ibanez did
Hi you should check out new Ibanez rgdms8 it new to this year I cool 8 string
For the price, I’d buy the hell outta that
holy. about crapped myself with that low string.
Where is the guitar made? Japan or Korea?
Loved the song
Demo song slapped 🤘
Are you doing the mix yourself? :)
That disgusting open low B string is such a beautiful sound to my ears! But I think that is where I am gonna leave it. 7 string messes with my head enough haha!
excellent demo
But does it chug 🤔
That song finish :D :D :D
2:44 GLASS CLOUD HAS ENTERED THE CHAT 👀
That piece starting at 2:57… 🤌🏻🤌🏻
bro is actually playing bass at the same time
I feel like drop E is the sweet spot for heaviness and audibility
4:22 oh god I take that back. Lordy Jesus
Their line up this year for extended range was disappointing af. That 9 string and rgd8 are cool but no locking tuners on the 9? Nickel frets on both? That s series multi scale got evogold frets and locking tuners. I wish that headless 7 string model got the same color as this 9.
The sound of thunder.
Can you pls show, which plugins do u use and how you eq + settings?
yeah, and tabs please!
@@antares4975 that’s a patreon exclusive I believe.
That is correct, stems and tabs are on patreon
Just wanted to be the first idiot guy who asks for tabs
But thanks Andrew B and Andrew B!
YESSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!
Ehh the 9th string works for like djent, but, it just doesn't seem to work well. I actually like 9 string guitars especially with a floyd rose whammy BUT I admit that 8 strings seems to be the peak and 7 seems to work the best while 6 is the most common for valid reasons. I'll likely get a 9 string at some point, very rarely used guitar as it is, it'll be fun to play with such a toy, such a instrument.
Whatever it is, they're not paying you enough haha.
Massive video.
Those… goddamn… chugs
Brutal af 😈
Lower than the the new Countach😏
In my opinion it should be multiscale. High strings looks like snot.
Ibanez might as well just sell their RG models with Fishmans already installed, since that’s what we all do.
When it is time to change the strings might be very tedious
it's... perfect....
The riffs were sexy 🌝🔥🤜🏽🤌🏽
Juice would be proud.
Whens the RG10 coming out?? Haha jk.
Have they ever made a standard RG6 with a humbucker in the bridge with a 30" scale length??
Nice.
The more the mud the more “BRUTAL” 😂
Sounds way better than I thought. Personally not for me. At some point want to get a 7 string.
It doesn't have stainless steel frets and that's deal killer for me.
Getting fret replacement for this bass when those cheap nickle frets are worn down would probably cost more than the bass.🤨
Haha, 9 string go BRRRRR. (no really, that's the noise it makes)
Great playing, great guitar.
But this is where it crossed the line for me, in my opinion this doesn't work, that low string sounds ridiculous and not in a good way tbh.
Either this guitar needs a longer scale length, or if it's even remotely possible, a thicker lowest string...
Just to be clear, I wouldn't know what to do with this guitar...I have a 7 string and it's already pushing it for me, not sure if I'd dare to cross the 8 string bridge, for sure this 9 string isn't for me, more power to you if you like it!
Personally i like the 9 string sound.
I want one to hgih tune it the 9th up to D skip the low F# on 8 and add a high A on top.
28” scale length simply isn’t enough for rocking a C# (or lower) ninth string. That, plus the .90 low string is laughably thin for that tuning. Pitch drift must be a mother fucker as you realistically need a .100 at 30”.
I just got this and it does have a push/pull pot
That's 1.5 X more work to tune than a 6 string, 6 or 7 is enough for me.
It seems the rest of the internet have found Max and chad
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