FENDER Masterbuilder On The JACKSON RANDY RHOADS Relic Tribute Model
January 15, 2010At this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, Tommy Colletti from The Music Zoo spoke to Chip Ellis, a masterbuilder with Fender Musical Instruments, about the upcoming limited edition Jackson Randy Rhoads Relic tribute model. Watch the chat below.
Chip assisted fellow masterbuilder Mike Shannon with the run of 60 replicas of Randy's original "Concorde" guitar.
According to The Music Zoo, 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.
Randy's original guitar was built in 1980 by Tim Wilson and Mike Shannon. 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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