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Gibson RD Standard Bass Natural 1978
Posted: November 26th, 2014, 1:57 am
by fivebass52
Re: Gibson RD Standard Bass Natural 1978
Posted: November 26th, 2014, 4:39 am
by bhunt1
Not something you see every day, but 11.5 lbs yikes
Re: Gibson RD Standard Bass Natural 1978
Posted: November 26th, 2014, 9:38 am
by rdavidson
Call me crazy, but it doesn't look left handed... ??
Re: Gibson RD Standard Bass Natural 1978
Posted: November 26th, 2014, 9:46 am
by markcv
Indeed, that's a right handed bass. And a fugly, heavy one at that.

Re: Gibson RD Standard Bass Natural 1978
Posted: November 26th, 2014, 10:29 am
by Jeroen
I love RD's, but not the Standard with its standard J-style pickups and passive electronics. The ones with the Moog preamp are the ones to search for - the circuit board is rediculously large for the simple task it does (make your signal A LOT louder) - but on a brighter note, that also saves a lot of weight!

But no lefties were ever made I think.
Picture of the circuit board
First Act offered left handed basses inspired by the RD (but with a bolt-on neck), called the Delgada, that were pretty cool.

Re: Gibson RD Standard Bass Natural 1978
Posted: November 26th, 2014, 2:58 pm
by Basshappi
An RD Artist (Moog electronics version) was my first quality bass. Even though it weighed 13 pounds I loved that bass and would still have it if it had been lefty. Alas, Gibson has never made a lefthanded version of the RD.
Re: Gibson RD Standard Bass Natural 1978
Posted: November 27th, 2014, 8:25 am
by iome
Those pickups are not original....it didn't have J style but more G3 style pickups...