The RG1520A features a basswood body bolted to a maple and walnut Wizard Prestige neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with small dot position markers. Components include dual DiMarzio/Ibanez humbucking pickups mounted directly to the body without pickup rings, an Edge Pro double locking tremolo bridge with a locking nut, and Gotoh tuning machines. The RG1570 is a related model that adds a single coil pickup between the humbuckers. The RG1527 is a related seven-string model. The RG1520 was a spot model which never appeared in a catalog. It was discontinued after 2011.