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1972 Gibson showcase brochures
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 In 1972 Gibson produced a series of 'Guitar of the Month' brochures, each dedicated to one of their high end models, the Les Paul Recording guitar, L5-CES, ES-175D, Super 400-CES, ES-355TD-SV and
Byrdland. Each brochure was a single sheet folded into four panels, with details of the instruments themselves, their features, musical purpose, and a little history behind the development of each guitar. Only the Les Paul Recording was a new model; the others were all well established in the Gibson line. Follow the link to see scans and further information on these leaflets and other Gibson guitar catalogues from the CMI and Norlin periods.
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1961 Vox Stroller
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 The earliest versions of the Vox Stroller were actually copies of an early Japanese electricguitar, the Guyatone (also sold under the brand Antoria) LG50. These Strollers, although short-lived did undergo a few changes before taking on the more familiar Strat influenced style of many mid-sixties UK-built Vox guitars. The biggest difference between early and late LG50-style Strollers (and the two pickup version, the Shadow) was the larger pickup, a shade longer, but noticeably wider used in the very first Vox guitars. Compare this early Vox to a 1963 Stroller with the later V1 pickup. For more information about Vox guitar pickups in general, see the Vox guitar pickups page.
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 John Entwistles RD Artist on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Who-Jo...item43b913c172
This bass is John Entwistles RD Artist
An interesting early RD for sure - not sure i'd call it a prototype, but certainly one of the earliest
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Jules I have more info if you're interested.
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Yes, of course i'm interested! I know it was shown in Bass Culture and ultimately he never really did much with it...
Actually I've still got an interview with Chuck Burge (one of the designers) on the development of the RD just waiting to be finished
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I've been in touch for over a month with the owner, I was really interested in the bass and we tried to work on a price. At the end it did not work out and he sold it to a Who fan in Sweden. He sent me higher resolution pictures (the same you see on the original ebay listing), I can forward them to you if you'd like. I found the original Sotheby's auction, it sold for only 3,360 GBP vs his Explorer for 95,200 GBP! I guess the fact that he hated the RD didn't help... The link is http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...5/lot.123.html. I also contacted Sotheby's to see if they would send me a higher resolution photo and they did, but they prohibited me from sharing it. Maybe if you ask and tell them about your website they'll allow you to use it.
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That is a surprising low amount compared with the explorer. But yes, I guess he is not known for playing the RD... but still, only about double what they go for in Europe.
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Yes it's not that much but there was a "premium" that the buyer had to pay to the auction house. And this is not the price he offered it to me either... he wanted a lot more money. But then you see eventually the future value will be affected by the bad relationship between John and the RD (it was supposed to be his signature bass correct?). You know which article I'm referring to?
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 Originally Posted by kd_rome
You know which article I'm referring to?
not sure, remind me 
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You can see it in the listing, I think it's page 153 of the book.
"The result of a joint venture by Gibson and Roger Moog to produce the 'John Entwistle Bass'. Unfortunately, I didn't like it but it was released as the RD Artist Bass."
Who knows...if it was really supposed to be his signature bass and he ended up not signing an endorsement he must have really freaked out about the RD...
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/FINAL-OFFER-T...mkg~~60_12.JPG
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Originally Posted by kd_rome
Who knows...if it was really supposed to be his signature bass and he ended up not signing an endorsement he must have really freaked out about the RD...
I asked Chuck Burge about this in quite some detail a few years back.. I think development of the RD started with consultation with him - it was called the John Entwistle Spider bass in some Gibson literature in 1977 ( http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bas...t_timeline.php ), but took a sufficiently long time that he had just moved on to different basses. By the time they had one for him, he'd found something he liked better...
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Jules do you know who created the headstock logo and what it represents?
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