Marty Friedmans Rhoads?

[Mazz]

Was this a production model or custom?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfJIK-vpR9k&playnext_from=TL&videos=TK3RDKkD9Fc

I Know there's an RR5 exactly like it but the RR5 doesn't have an ebony fretboard on it or binding (well I don't think it does anyway and I'm too lazy to search, sorry!)

[Scooter]

I know he played 2 different Rhoads, one had a Floyd, one a TOM string through. I had always assumed they were USA select RR1 and RR1T. This on has the OFR:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC6Fhr99aPU

[Mazz]

I thought it could have been a RR1T but I thought they only had black hardware?

[neilli]

I'm pretty sure he had a PCS with either a changed control plate or just reduced down to a single volume pot....

[toejam]

I thought he had a PCS, too, but can't seem to find that one.

http://www.martyfriedman.com/media_galeri_popup.php?id=156

http://www.martyfriedman.com/media_galeri_popup.php?id=159

http://www.martyfriedman.com/media_galeri_popup.php?id=45

[MetalHeadMat]

I thought he had a PCS, too, but can't seem to find that one.

http://www.martyfriedman.com/media_galeri_popup.php?id=156

Same kind as his Firebird, Jackson bridge pickup and Grover Jackson logo.

http://www.martyfriedman.com/media_galeri_popup.php?id=159

Definitely an RR1.

[toejam]

Same kind as his Firebird, Jackson bridge pickup and Grover Jackson logo.

I know his Firebird was a Grover Jackson, but I couldn't tell if the Rhoads had the Grover logo or Custom Shop logo.
I thought I remembered him having a PCS version with the small sharkfins, too.

[Firebird V]

usa model for sure? some points i see the usa logo and others the grover jackson... ? could he have 2?

[Brian]

The string-thru RR is a "Grover Jackson".


I am not sure if the Floyd equipped RR he used in 1992 for In My Darkest Hour was a Pro or a USA model. I seem to recall it being a Pro with Jackson pickups. He has a USA model RR1 on his website with Bill Lawrence pickups.

***sorry, didn't bother to click on the links in this thread . They gotcha covered.***

[MetalHeadMat]

The string-thru RR is a "Grover Jackson".


I am not sure if the Floyd equipped RR he used in 1992 for In My Darkest Hour was a Pro or a USA model. I seem to recall it being a Pro with Jackson pickups. He has a USA model RR1 on his website with Bill Lawrence pickups.

***sorry, didn't bother to click on the links in this thread . They gotcha covered.***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbnoa1yWlmA

Jackson pickups, couple good shots of the headstock but I can hardly see anything.

[MetalMedal II]

Man, that volume knob can't be further away unless it was on the back of the body! I like it!.

[Burt Reynolds]

I'd like to track down the quilt-top explorer he had...

[KBRR]

yea that was a sick guitar

[toejam]

I'd like to track down the quilt-top explorer he had...

I believe somebody here owns it. There was a discussion about it not too long ago, and some people think there might have been two made.

[Brian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbnoa1yWlmA

Jackson pickups, couple good shots of the headstock but I can hardly see anything.

Cool video

I would guess USA based on those shots. Like you said, it is hard to see. Would make sense given the pictures in his gear gallery. Plus, even if you can't clearly read "professional" it's usually easy to make out the larger white blob it leaves on the end of the headstock.