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RD STANDARD
- single cutaway asymmetrical hourglass style maple body, black pickguard, maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, bound or unbound body, tune-o-matic bridge/stop tailpiece, blackface peghead with logo decal, 3-per-side tuners, nickel hardware, 2 covered humbucker pickups, 2 volume/2 tone controls, 3-position switch, available in Cherry Sunburst, Ebony, Natural, or Tobacco Sunburst finishes, approx. 1,265 mfg. 1977-79.
RD Artist
- similar to RD Standard, except has an ebony fingerboard with block inlay, multi-bound peghead with pearl stylized f-hole/logo inlay, gold hardware, one or two mini switches, active electronics. Approx. 2,600 mfg. 1977-1982.
RD-Custom/RD Custom 77
- similar to RD Standard, active solid state electronics, 4 knobs, 3-way pickup selector switch, one selector switch, two-way mini switch for model selection, large backplate, maple fingerboard, circuit board designed by the Moog synthesizer division of Norlin, available in Natural or Walnut finish, approx. 1,375 mfg. 1977-1979 only.