ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Unveils RANDY RHOADS Tribute Guitar; Video Available
January 14, 2010Jackson delivered colossal news at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show (which is being held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California) with the announcement of the Randy Rhoads (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT) "tribute guitar." In collaboration with the Rhoads family, the Jackson Custom Shop will build 60 exact replicas of the first Randy Rhoads Jackson guitar, often referred to as the Concorde.
According to TheMusicZoo.com, Randy's tribute model is a direct replica of his original 1980 Jackson asymmetrical V-shaped guitar that he personally designed. He intended to call this body style the Concorde and it is widely regarded as the "first pointy guitar." The original guitar had been kept at the Rhoads family music school since his death, and they say it had not been out of the case in over 20 years.
Video footage of the guitar unveiling by ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and Randy's brother Kelle and sister Kathy can be viewed below.
Randy's original guitar was built in 1980 by Tim Wilson and Mike Shannon. Mike Shannon is still with Jackson today and he'll personally build the extremely limited run of 60 guitars.
Suggested Retail Price for the guitar: $12,619.56 (in honor of Randy's birthday: December 6, 1956)
In 1982, Rhoads, the then-lead guitarist for OZZY OSBOURNE, and two others were killed at Flying Baron Estates, just outside Leesburg, Florida, when their small plane struck Osbourne's tour bus, then crashed into a mansion.
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(Thanks: Fullshred)
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