So I got this last week. It’s a 2018 40th Anniversary RD. It’s awesome in every way.
2018 Gibson RD Artist
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FireInside
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Very nice! Congrats!
I absolutely LOVE the old school logo on the headstock.
Great score!
Great score!
Strobe
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I really dig the paint job.
Mathemagician
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Ok now play some Ghost.
Spicypickles
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That looks fantastic. Love the RD's
The pickups are pretty awesome. Better than I expected. A little more sterile clean than your typical Gibson pickups, but still nice. With gain they work well. Not as compressed as other actives and not as hot. Much closer to a 57/67 set than say and 81/85. They are pretty versatile.
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Love this one, the logo is very cool. Almost considered picking one up too. The GEM actives aren’t bad, they are sort of like Burstbuckers. How is the neck finish, my 2014 RD was tacky like glue, but my 2016 SG was fine.
The neck is glossy, but not sticky.
jephjacques
BUTTS LOL
RDs own
Shoeless_jose
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Thats killer
AkiraSpectrum
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wow super classy
Ataraxia2320
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Really nice guitar, dont want to reign on the parade but is that battery cover route cut sloppy or is it just the pic?
I think it’s just the angle of the pic.
So it wasn’t even something I noticed and I’m pretty anal, but yes the recessed battery box route isn’t absolutely perfect. Lol.
It looks uniform and clean, being a millimeter or so larger than the battery box itself isn't what I'd call a "flaw".
It seems to be by-design and not chip out or an off-angle cut.
It seems to be by-design and not chip out or an off-angle cut.
I was just kidding but if you look at the bottom part of the route it isn’t perfectly straight where the router bit may have skipped slightly.
Gotcha, I can see it now that I'm off mobile.
However I think the guy above was talking about the gap. I wouldn’t even have noticed it had he not said something and I looked at it. I have had more expensive guitars with messier direct mount pickup routes right on the front, so that hardly bothers me if that’s the worst flaw this guitar has on the battery box on the back. Lol
