The RG657MSK features a mahogany body with a silky oak top with binding bolted to a maple and walnut Super Wizard HP neck with a 24-fret bound birdseye maple fingerboard with dot position markers. Components included DiMarzio pickups in a humbucker/ single-coil/ humbucker arrangement mounted directly to the body, an Edge double locking tremolo bridge with a locking nut and Gotoh tuning machines.