NBD! 2018 Gibson RD Artist!

[FlyingPigSound]

Just arrived from a Reverb seller!
Giving her a little cleaning and my strings and going to play this beast all night!

 

[vid1900]

That's one you don't see every day.

Congrats!!

 

[electracoyote]

Yummy. Love this style. Congrats and enjoy.

 

[knigel]

It's a beauty! How is this one for weight? I played an earlier reissue (with the J PUPS) and it was a monster, definitely heavier than any T40 I've owned.

T40s being the weight standard for bass players officially of course.

 

[bholder]

It's a beauty! How is this one for weight? I played an earlier reissue (with the J PUPS) and it was a monster, definitely heavier than any T40 I've owned.

T40s being the weight standard for bass players officially of course.

IMHO, an RD will kill a T-40 on weight, on average, on any day of the week, all other things being equal, YMMV, etc. etc.. But my RD is at least a couple of pounds heavier than any of my T-40s - it's a real "shoulder-groover".

 

[knigel]

IMHO, an RD will kill a T-40 on weight, on average, on any day of the week, all other things being equal, YMMV, etc. etc.. But my RD is at least a couple of pounds heavier than any of my T-40s - it's a real "shoulder-groover".

The last one I played was so heavy I took the Lord's name in vain. I bet it was 15lbs. Wondering about these newer guys because I really like them!

 

[bholder]

The last one I played was so heavy I took the Lord's name in vain. I bet it was 15lbs. Wondering about these newer guys because I really like them!

Yeah, mine's an original from the 80's (I think) - heavy sucka. Maybe the newer ones are lighter.

 

[bobyoung53]

With heavy or headstock heavy basses, I just use a 3" or 4" strap, the cotton ones are nice and very comfortable and distribute the weight (and stop neck dive if you got it)

 

[TBird1958]

RD's = Awesome! Great score!

 

[FlyingPigSound]

It's a beauty! How is this one for weight? I played an earlier reissue (with the J PUPS) and it was a monster, definitely heavier than any T40 I've owned.

T40s being the weight standard for bass players officially of course.

I put it on the scale, and it comes in at 13 lbs. Heavier than my Gibson Thunderbird, that's for sure. Using only a 2" Dunlop D3809BK strap, I was just fine this evening breaking in new strings for over an hour.
Strap good enough for Dave Grohl, good enough for me:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002GYMBA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[GretschWretch]

If you don't mind wearing your basses high, and
If you don't mind them hanging horizontal or nearly so, and
If you want to avoid shoulder-groove,

Attach one end of your strap to the headstock.

 

[Londo Molari]

 

[BEADG63]

Always loved RD's when I was younger and had just started playing...I didn't know they brought this model back. Looks great; way too heavy for this dude, though.

 

[Border]

Congratulations on your gorgeous new bass. I have not tried one, but have no doubt it plays and sounds great. Enjoy!

 

[stringthrough]

Green uke

 

[FlyingPigSound]

Green uke

Yeah, it’s the wife’s

 

[Gustopher]

One of my favorite basses ever, love it!

 

[FlyingPigSound]

One of my favorite basses ever, love it!

Thanks!
Band rehearsal tonight, so I'll give her a go and see how they like it in the mix

 

[deff]

The pickups in those are great. I really liked the sound. Always loved RD's. Congratulations on the score.

 

[Eric Swaim]

Great bass, I had one of the original ones from the late 1970's and it weighed a ton, maybe two tons. This is my favorite shape that Gibson ever came up with.