Gibson Custom Shop RD Custom Electric Guitar, Ebony

Hearkening back to the late '70s, the Gibson Custom Shop RD Custom is a cult classic resurrected for a modern audience. This Custom Shop creation enters Gibson Custom's core model lineup for the first time with its unique offset body, slick style, and dynamite tonality. For fans of any and every Gibson no matter the year, the RD Custom is a dream.

There's quite a bit that makes this Gibson Custom RD Custom unique from its Explorer and Firebird-inspired body to its electronics. Faithfully recreating a lot of what made the original RD noteworthy, today's RD Custom is a very impressive guitar from Gibson's finest luthiers. This all begins with a mahogany body taking a reverse-offset RD body shape. The RD Custom's mahogany body is sleek with interesting contours and multi-ply top binding. Accentuating the unique RD body shape's curves, the multi-ply top binding cuts through the deep ebony finish for an enrapturing visual element.

The RD Custom offers an easy grip in hand with a Medium C-shaped mahogany neck. This neck's long tenon and effortless profile inspires fast playing across the entire scale. Speaking of scale, the RD Custom holds a special distinction as the first Gibson Custom solidbody model with a 25.5" scale length. Perfect for players who prefer a longer scale length when playing – whether for drop tunings or otherwise – the RD Custom is an excellent pick. The mahogany neck of this model is joined by a bound ebony fingerboard bearing twenty-two Medium Jumbo frets.

For its one-of-a-kind voice, the RD Custom comes equipped with updated 490R and 498T humbucking pickups. These robust humbuckers play with distinct Gibson heat and form and are fitted with 500k CTS potentiometers and a hand-wired harness. The RD Custom spans an wide and expressive spectrum of humbucking tones for players looking for something slightly different from the usual Gibson lineup.

Further, this Gibson Custom RD Custom comes equipped with a host of fine hardware specifications to tie the whole experience together. A bound headstock fitted with Grover Rotomatic tuning machines alongside a Corian nut land for tuning stability while a Tune-O-Matic bridge and aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece appear at the scale's opposite end for grounding strings stably. For gigging musicians, this Gibson Custom piece travels with an included Custom Shop hardshell case.

Reviving and revitalizing a cult favorite of Gibson history, the Custom Shop strikes again for a truly unique offset equal parts retro and modern.