Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- electric guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1988 to 1992
BLADE made the R 3 (MODEL R3-MB) between 1988 and 1992
Specifications (21)
Body
| Body material | maple body |
| Body shape features | double cutaway |
| Pickguard material | white pickguard |
Hardware
| Bridge | Falcon tremolo |
| Hardware color | black hardware, chrome hardware |
| Tuners | Sperzel Trim-Lok tuners |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | maple fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
General
| Finish colors | black finish, blue finish, purple finish, white finish |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Neck
| Neck joint | bolt on neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Nut | graphite nut |
| Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 5-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
| Pickups brand and model | Levinson SS-1 pickup(s) |
| Pickups configuration | 3 single coil pickups |
| Preamp | Variable Spectrum Control electronics |
Prices (6)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | €900 | good | ||
| 1996 | 1200 DEM | worn | ||
| 1989 | £250 | excellent | ||
| 1991 | $1300 | good | Arthur | |
| 2000 | £250 | good | ||
| 2018 | $900 | good | Bob |