Curly RD

[Barklessdog]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1978-Gibson-RD-Artist-Bass-Maple-ALL-ORIGINAL-OHSC-NR_W0QQitemZ270536718921QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3efd3eba49#ht_500wt_1132

Looks like someone at the RD factory wanted to put together a curly Rd.

Has to be worth more down the road than plain jane ones

[Chris P.]

Yep, it has a tigerstripe maple neck and the body is quilted maple I think?

[godofthunder]

Beautiful ! ...................................I might have to bid

[EvilLordJuju]

yeah - thats a gorgeous neck - but I can't see it affecting the final selling price too much

Do it Scott!

[TBird1958]

Beauty!

I will own an RD one day 

[uwe]

Needs a Gizmo and a Kahler whammy if you ask me.   Only then will it be fix und fertig.

[Hornisse]

Gibson did some strange things in those days.  I remember seeing an all black Les Paul Custom from 1980 or 81 and the paint had started to wear of the back of the neck.  To my surprise it was 3 pieces of very curly maple along with 2 darker strips of wood between the maple laminates.  And this was just a regular LP Custom.

[Barklessdog]

Someone cared who put this together.

[godofthunder]

Someone cared who put this together.

I would agree

[Aussie Mark]

2 bridge saddles missing, according to the revised description.  Hard to find?

[Nocturnal]

There is a seller on Ebay that sells sets of the chrome bridge saddles for like $25. Not originals, but they would work.

Here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Bass-Bridge-Saddles-For-Gibson-Tunematic-NICKEL_W0QQitemZ330388039965QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item4ceca9691d

[uwe]

Or stick a Hipshot Supertone on it.

[Nocturnal]

Or stick a Hipshot Supertone on it.

Thats what I would do.

[Hornisse]

Might lighten it up a few ounces at least! 

[Grog]

I once owned a 1966 EBO that had an unusual cats eye? (curly) mahogany. A friend of mine has a 1967 EBO with a similar wood grain. This seems like it was concidered undesireable, since it was only on the cheapest instruments with the SG body style.