I got this bass in for some TLC. There is some low level noise in the signal and the treble boost mode functions more like a fuzz. Let's dig in! The Gibson RD Bass (short for Research and Development) was introduced in 1977 after years of actual development. Flyguitars.com did an excellent job on giving a lot of information on this bass in this article . In this article they talk about the timeline of the bass. The design of the RD bass was even patented. As you can spot there are two versions of the RD bass made: A standard one (passive, Series IV humbucker pickups and no electronics) and an Artist one (active, Series V pickups and additional electronics). The RD Artist bass was later updated with some additional changes. In this post we're gonna go more in depth on an early RD Artist bass. The Artist bass emerged from Gibson working closely with (Bob) Moog and John Entwistle to build a bass that would benefit from the newly emerging electronics in instruments. Bruce Bola
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