Description
What makes this guitar special: These RD Customs are an increasingly rare find, as they were only made for 2 years and have quite a different calling card than your typical Gibson. They feature an active circuit and brightness toggle developed by Moog, for a variety of unique tones, and even have a longer scale length than their contemporaries, for a tighter sound that falls somewhere between your standard Gibson and an overdriven Telecaster. The all-maple construction is gorgeous and essentially bulletproof, with a nice bright and mid-balanced sound that fits nicely in virtually any mix. It’s been professionally setup and inspected by our expert in-house luthier, and will arrive ready to play out of its original factory hard shell case.
Cosmetic condition: Great shape for its age, with some standard playwear. Various scratches, nicks, dings, dents, and scuffs, with some buckle rash and a few small areas of weather checking. There are two small scratches in the finish on the underside of the headstock which appear to be from repeated hanging on a wall hook, some visible pickwear scratches on the pickguard, and frets show visible wear, but have been leveled so they play great up and down the length of the neck.
Body: Offset maple body in natural finish with 5-ply black pickguard, Tune-O-Matic bridge, and chrome stopbar tailpiece.
Weight: 9 lb, 2.1 oz
Neck: Medium profile C-shaped maple neck with black side dots and pearl dot inlays. Double bound maple fingerboard is in terrific shape, and while frets show visible wear, they appear to have been leveled. 1 3/4” nut width, 25 1/2" scale length. Black headstock overlay with gold Gibson logo. Grover tuners are in perfect working order. Neck is straight and truss rod functions as it should.
Electronics: Dual Gibson Patent No. humbuckers with 3-way pickup selector switch, brightness switch, active Moog circuit, and black speed knobs, 2x volume, 2x tone.
Case: Original hard shell case included.
