{"product_id":"hecate-ibanez-rgir27fe-iron-label-7-string-2014-black","title":"Hecate! - Ibanez RGIR27FE Iron Label 7-String, 2014, Black","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are guitars designed to cover every conceivable musical situation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHecate is not one of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuilt during the earlier years of Ibanez’s Iron Label series, this 2014 RGIR27FE is an unapologetically purposeful seven-string RG. Ibanez gave her two active EMGs, a fixed bridge, a wonderfully bare fingerboard and, just in case there was any lingering ambiguity about her intentions, a factory killswitch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubtlety was apparently not invited to the design meeting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe familiar RG body is constructed from basswood and paired with Ibanez’s three-piece maple\/bubinga Nitro Wizard-7 neck. Despite accommodating seven strings, the character remains unmistakably Ibanez: slim, fast and built for players who would rather their neck didn’t get in the way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe bound rosewood fingerboard carries 24 jumbo frets but no face inlays whatsoever. Against the gloss Black finish, matching headstock and contrasting binding, the result is wonderfully stark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA pair of active EMG 707 humbuckers provide the voice. Developed for extended-range guitars, they deliver the definition and controlled low end needed to keep that seventh string useful rather than allowing proceedings to descend into an indistinct geological event.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIbanez kept the controls appropriately uncomplicated. There’s a three-way pickup selector, one master volume and no tone control.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is, however, a killswitch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause priorities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than the floating trem found on her RGIR27E sibling, Hecate uses a Gibraltar Standard II-7 fixed bridge. It’s a wonderfully practical arrangement for a seven-string, particularly if lower or alternate tunings are part of the plan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHecate remains extremely presentable for a twelve-year-old gloss-black guitar. There are normal light signs of previous use visible when caught under the right lighting, but nothing that detracts significantly from that enormous expanse of mirror-black finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe has now been thoroughly inspected and cleaned in The Stray Chord workshop. Her frets have been levelled, crowned and polished as part of our usual workshop process before she received a full setup and final play test.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeven strings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo EMG 707s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne killswitch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZero interest in behaving herself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHecate is ready for adoption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Stray Chord\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRescue • Restore • Rehome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Stray Chord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58779406663944,"sku":null,"price":375.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1059\/2829\/4664\/files\/EF47618E-0D86-4AC3-873D-3BF9B58673B9.jpg?v=1789664774","url":"https:\/\/thestraychord.com\/products\/hecate-ibanez-rgir27fe-iron-label-7-string-2014-black","provider":"The Stray Chord","version":"1.0","type":"link"}