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Gary writes:
It was never a big seller, but did manage to outsell the Gibson Ripper as Gibson's bestselling bass in 1978 and 1979, which does say something about how little Gibson were shifting bass guitars in those days.
We looked at the guitar version of the Gibson RD Artist here, and you can read more about the bass here.
G L Wilson
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What's that Gibson Bass?...
Gary writes:
This is the best photo I could get and didn't get to ask the bass player - is it just a Thunderbird?Ah, here is the bass version of a guitar I am often asked to identify. It's a Gibson RD Artist Bass, which was introduced in late 1977 and was Gibson's first bass to feature active electronics. Working in conjunction with Moog electronics and The Who's John Entwistle, the design team at Gibson consisted of Chuck Burge (woodwork), Tim Shaw (electronics) and was overseen by Bruce Bolen.
The band are The Idle Hands Band, a great blues rock band that I saw at Newark Blues Festival on Sunday.
cheers
Gary
It was never a big seller, but did manage to outsell the Gibson Ripper as Gibson's bestselling bass in 1978 and 1979, which does say something about how little Gibson were shifting bass guitars in those days.
We looked at the guitar version of the Gibson RD Artist here, and you can read more about the bass here.
G L Wilson
© 2011, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
- Gibson 2013 Eb Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: These days I mainly play bass gigs. If I do pick up a 6-string more often than not it's my Fender Bass VI. But I'm quite happy in the bass department with the four basses I have in my collection. However, had I been seen...
- Gibson Firebird Ii Artist Cmt 1981
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's an unusual take on the Firebird design from Gibson. To quote from the eBay listing: Very rare and unique 1981 Gibson Firebird II Artist CMT. Reportedly only about 160 or so of this model were made. Maple body with bound...
- 1982 Gibson Grabber Bass With The Now Legendary Sliding Pickup And In Candy Apple Red!
guitarz.blogspot.com: The Gibson Grabber was initially introduced in 1973 replacing the SG-styled EB0 as Gibson's entry-level bass guitar. It was a sibling to the Gibson Ripper bass, but differed in having a bolt-on neck with a Flying V-type headstock,...
- 1977 Gibson Rd Artist Bass (again)
guitarz.blogspot.com: This is a postscript to our blog post last week where we were asked to identify a Gibson bass which turned out to be a Gibson RD Artist Bass. The example pictured here is currently being offered for sale on eBay UK, with a Buy It...
- Gibson Rd Artist Bass. . . . . . .
Something a little different from Gibson. I always wanted one of these, preferably a Sunburst/Rosewood but I ended up with something completely opposite, Natural/Maple! Oh well. In my opinion, this is an instrument that every bass player should havea...