Gibson RD Artist Bass
Overview
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- bass guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1977 to 1982
The Gibson RD Artist Bass was made between 1977 and 1982. It was like the RD Standard Bass but had different pickups and electronics and an f-hole shaped headstock inlay.The four control knobs on the RD Artist bass were a volume for each pickup, a treble control, and a bass control. There were built in active compression, expansion and bright mode circuits - developed with the help of another Norlin owned company - Moog.
Specifications (24)
Body
| Body material | maple body |
| Body style | Firebird style body |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard |
Hardware
| Bridge | tune-o-matic bridge |
| Hardware color | nickel hardware |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
General
| Finish colors | ebony finish, natural finish |
| Finish effects | sunburst finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Number of strings | 4 strings |
| Scale length | 34.5 inches scale length |
Neck
| Headstock inlays or logos | pearl headstock inlay/logo |
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | winged headstock |
| Tuner layout | two-each-side |
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 2 selector switches |
| Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
| Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Electronics
| Pickups brand and model | Gibson Series V pickup(s) |
| Pickups configuration | 2 pickups |
| Preamp | active preamp |
