The RG8550MZ features an African mahogany body with a bound flamed maple top with a clear pickguard bolted to a maple and walnut Super Wizard neck with titanium reinforcing rods and Velvetouch finish and a bound maple fingerboard with a Tree of Life vine inlay. Components include DiMarzio pickups with two humbuckers flanking a single-coil, an Edge Zero double locking tremolo bridge with a locking nut and a removable zero-point system tuning stabilizer, recessed Easy Access control knobs and Gotoh tuning machines. The RG8570Z is a similar model with a rosewood fingerboard and no pickguard.