Oooooo errrrr.....

[karlthebassist]

Anyone seen this? -

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GIBSON-RD-STANDARD-BASS-GUITAR-VERY-RARE-GREAT-CONDITON_W0QQitemZ150412629608QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item23054a9668"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GIBSON-RD-STANDARD-B...=item23054a9668[/url]

Its very very very strange...

[noelk27]

There was one of these on sale here last year. (In fact, I think there were two!)

[hillbilly deluxe]

Thats Gibsons attempt at making a boat anchor out of wood.

[karlthebassist]

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='746462' date='Feb 15 2010, 08:26 PM']Thats Gibsons attempt at making a boat anchor out of wood.[/quote]

Haha!

[skankdelvar]

Frankly, I never much liked RD's. Until I saw this pair:



A bit more interesting than the reasonably ubiquitous Natchrul finish, IMO.

[Bassulike66]

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='746649' date='Feb 15 2010, 10:51 PM']Frankly, I never much liked RD's. Until I saw this pair:



A bit more interesting than the reasonably ubiquitous Natchrul finish, IMO.[/quote]



IMO....i would totally agree with your first 6 words.

[dmz]

I used to have one just like the one on top - yes - it was a tad heavy - comets and asteroids used to get deflected off their natural orbits round the sun.

With that Moog circuitry on board you could destroy amplifiers just by bringing it into the same room as the amplifier - the on-board compressor was a beast !

Happy daze - not that my shoulder would agree with you......

[Grand Wazoo]

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='746462' date='Feb 15 2010, 08:26 PM']Thats Gibsons attempt at making a boat anchor out of wood.[/quote]

yeah agreed, ugly plank that.

[EssentialTension]

Didn't Robert Moog design the active electronics?

And didn't Entwistle have some interest until he decided he didn't like the bass?

[neepheid]

I think they're (RD Artist) awesome and it is an ambition of mine to own one, one day. A later model with the independent switches for expansion/compression and bright mode.

[RhysP]

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='746649' date='Feb 15 2010, 10:51 PM'][/quote]

The top bass has got the shittiest sunburst finish I've ever seen - it's shittier than Fender sunbursts at their shittiest & that's mighty sh*tty.

[Bassassin]

Second on my list of desirable Gibbos, following Victory Artist or Custom. Such a tragedy these were post-JapCrap copy era, which means the only cheap & shonky option for us Gyppos is this:

[url="http://www.cheesyguitars.com/disco.html"]http://www.cheesyguitars.com/disco.html[/url]



Jon.

[evilLordJuju]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='747399' date='Feb 16 2010, 04:13 PM']Didn't Robert Moog design the active electronics?

And didn't Entwistle have some interest until he decided he didn't like the bass?[/quote]

Yes he did, Moog was a Norlin company, like Gibson, and so the electronics were designed by him. It was initially touted a the John Entwistle 'Spider bass' but he soon lost interest, and the product was never officially linked to him

Theres some info on the design of this guitar here, although I've got considerable updates to this page that I haven't added in yet
[url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/RDartist_timeline.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/RDartist_timeline.php[/url]

[paul h]

I'll take the bottom one...I think it's rather tasty.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='evilLordJuju' post='748810' date='Feb 17 2010, 07:06 PM']Yes he did, Moog was a Norlin company, like Gibson, and so the electronics were designed by him. It was initially touted a the John Entwistle 'Spider bass' but he soon lost interest, and the product was never officially linked to him

Theres some info on the design of this guitar here, although I've got considerable updates to this page that I haven't added in yet
[url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/RDartist_timeline.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/RDartist_timeline.php[/url][/quote]
Ah, that'll probably be where I read it! I think they look cooler than most have suggested. The guy in Nirvana had one.

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='neepheid' post='747420' date='Feb 16 2010, 04:33 PM']I think they're (RD Artist) awesome and it is an ambition of mine to own one, one day. A later model with the independent switches for expansion/compression and bright mode.[/quote]


That's the model i had, '77 RD Artist in maple.

I wouldn't get your hopes up about the circuit, it's been surpassed a million times over by everything that came after it.

The on-board compression/expansion was pretty useless as you had no way to attenuate it and the two modes were dependent on the pickup selection, neck unit for compression and bridge unit for expansion. The bright mode was the "less good" switch, press it for an instant depreciation in tone!

It was a beast to play, could get a great Ric sound out of it but tbh i wouldn't have another, i bought the Corvette and never really played the RD again


Only got under £500 for mine too