Ibanez MBM1-BK Matt Bachand Shadow Fall Signature Model (made in Japan)

The MBM1 is a solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2007. It is a signature model of Matt Bachand, guitarist of the American heavy metal band Shadows Fall. It is the first signature model Ibanez created for Bachand.

The MBM1 is based on the Ibanez RGA body, but features a number of model specific features. It has a mahogany body with pearloid binding and special skull graphic bolted to a maple and walnut neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with offset dot position markers. Components include dual active EMG humbucking pickups, a fixed bridge, Gotoh tuning machines



Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Mahogany w/ pearloid binding
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
Gibraltar Plus fixed
Hardware color:
Cosmo black
    
Neck
Neck type:
MBM Prestige
Neck material:
5-piece maple/ walnut
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood
Fingerboard inlays:
Offset small dot
Frets:
24 / jumbo
Machine heads:
Gotoh SG381
    
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
EMG 81 active
Neck pickup:
EMG 60 active
Controls:
Master volume / 3-way toggle
String gauge (factory):
.011–.053
Factory tuning:
1D 2A 3F 4C 5G 6D