Well, it looks like yet another online guitar retailer has inadvertently released specs and photos of a not-yet-announced guitar from Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week program, this one being GOTW #48––the RD Standard Reissue Silverburst.
Yep, what you’re looking at is a reissue of the ill-fated RD Standard, circa the late ’70s, finished off in Gibson’s popular Silverburst lacquer finish, and bearing the original instrument’s 25 1/2 scale length.
Unfortunately, being an RD Standard (not an Artist or Custom model,) the guitar is lacking what is easily the most unique feature of the whole RD line––an active pre-amp circuit developed by MOOG (making the RD Gibson’s first “active” guitar,) and including onboard compression and expansion.
The guitar does, however, sport a pair of Gibson’s dangerously high-output Dirty Fingers Humbuckers, which combine a custom wire gauge with extra winding counts to offer far more distortion than your run-of-the-mill humbucker.
If the published specs hold true, the RD Standard Reissue will feature a Firebird-style body made of mahogany, C-shaped mahogany neck, rosewood fretbord with 22 frets (12″ radius,) Kluson tuners, 3-way pickup switching, and a hardshell case.
Finally… an interesting re-issue from Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week series…
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #3 :: SG Standard Silverburst
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #26 :: ’61 SG Reissue Classic White
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #10 :: SG Standard With 3 Single Coil Pickups
- EGR’s Gibson Guitar Of The Week Index
- A Closer Look At Guitar Of The Week #37 :: The ’67 SG Special Reissue w/P-90′s
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #32 :: SG Special With EMGs
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #34 :: Les Paul Standard 50′s Neck
- Gibson Jumps The Gun, Reveals Next Twelve Guitar Of The Week Models
October 1st, 2007 at 4:31 pm
I’m almost afraid to admit this but…I dig it.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:55 pm
now THAT is pretty cool.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:28 pm
I have to agree that this is probably the first interesting guitar including the GOTW series. It looks pretty cool!
October 1st, 2007 at 8:51 pm
I think I just crapped my pants.
But I’m guessing I won’t be able to get one.
October 1st, 2007 at 9:42 pm
See…This was the kind of guitar I was hoping for. I have my fingers and toes crossed for a Marauder or a Gibson Recording now.
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
That thing’s a beauty. It looks like it freakin’ crunches too.
Thanks for stopping by earlier.
See ya,
Jason
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Hey does anyone have any thoughts on whether we’ll see a hollowbody in the Guitar of the Week program.
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Ya’ know, that question’s actually come up quite a few times, but so far there’s nothing but speculation… we can keep our finger crossed though
I think it would be absurd for Gibson to put out a full 52 different custom models, without ever touching the hollowbodies.
I’m still hoping for a fireburst ES-335 with Charlie Christian pickups––yeah, I know, weird combination, but a boy can dream ;)
October 4th, 2007 at 10:47 am
rd….???
im gonna try it first cause when i played the rd artist 2 times …anniversary and standard
damn that sound like retarded dimarzio… the moog is’nt function very well too it creates a lot of feed back …
that’s why it’s only last less than 6 years… and sell it cheap
hopefully this one come with better SOUND although the finish is silverburst….
July 15th, 2010 at 2:27 am
i would love too get my hands on one of those but i cant even thik of what the price might be, and i have to say i have never cared for silver burst it seems to modern for gibson. if i had my choice i would go for this guitar in an alpine white finish.