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Pummel your fans with a wall of sonic destruction courtesy of the Ibanez Marten Hagstrom Signature M8M Electric Guitar ? don't worry, they'll come back for more! As the ultimate version of Meshuggah guitarist Marten Hagstrom's monstrous signature axes, the M8M commands an aggressive down-tuned tone that's incredibly punchy and defined. Its 5-piece neck is ultra-rigid and ready for the years of aggressive shredding ahead of it, with a smooth-as-glass rosewood fingerboard to handle every searing prog and djent lick in your back pocket. It also sports the FX Edge III-8 bridge, a double-locking design that was specifically created for Ibanez's 8-string axes. If you want to shred like modern metal phenom Marten Hagstrom, then Sweetwater has your weapon of choice: the Ibanez Marten Hagstrom Signature M8M Electric Guitar.





Fast, smooth feel from the 5-piece neck





The Marten Hagstrom Signature M8M comes stock with a 5-piece maple/jatoba neck with a 29.4-inch scale length and KTS titanium reinforcement rods, so you can already tell it's primed for down-tuned metal mayhem. Best of all, the M8M's frets have received Ibanez's Prestige fret edge treatment, which rounds their ends off so smoothly that you'll barely know they're there. In other words, you can shred all night without actually shredding your hands.





Custom Lundgren Model M8 pickup gives you amazingly balanced and detailed tone





Consider that an 8-string guitar's output has a very wide tonal range, and you'll see why Ibanez started from scratch with the Marten Hagstrom Signature M8M's single humbucker. Marten worked with Lundgren to create a low-output pickup that will hit your amplifier with brutal authority. The lower output helps capture the full range of the M8M, which means that you're driving your amp with a well-balanced tone that's pounding, punchy, and clear.





FX Edge III-8 bridge helps you stay in tune no matter what





Even guitars with fixed tailpieces can lose their tuning during a full metal assault, requiring you to retune many times throughout a gig. That's why Ibanez added the double-locking FX Edge III-8 bridge to the Marten Hagstrom Signature M8M, which was designed by Ibanez specifically for their ultra-aggressive 8-string guitars. Lock in your tuning at the start of the gig, and you may not have to touch it again during your whole set.





Ibanez Marten Hagstrom Signature M8M Electric Guitar Features:


Aggressive 8-string guitar designed for Meshuggah's Marten Hagstrom


5-piece maple/jatoba neck with KTS titanium reinforcement rods is very rigid for lifelong performance


Longer 29.4-inch scale length gives you string tension that's perfect for down-tuned metal


FX Edge III-8 bridge's double-locking design gives you superior tuning stability and reliability


Lundgren Model M8 humbucker captures defined, well-balanced tone