Gibson 1980 guitar and bass catalog. Page 31. Details of the RD Artist/79. The 1980 was the final Gibson catalog to feature the RD series, at this point significantly slimmed down from five models in the 1978 Gibson catalog, to just two: the RD Artist guitar, and the RD Artist bass shown on the next page.
The RD Artist guitar was available in two scale lengths: 24 3/4" for the RD 79 and 25 1/2" for the RD 77. Both had a July 1980 list price of $1099.
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