My Latest Rand Acquisitions

[Rupe]

I picked these two up a few months back but never got around to taking pics until today. These are both amazing players and have been a regular part of my live line-up since Sept. The pink one was featured in a Diet Pepsi commercial back in the 80's with Jerry Hall (if anyone ever comes across a copy of this, I'd love to have one). It's odd in that it features a factory preamp boost (but I never use it). The yellow one was at Sam Ash when I bought my purple one and it was down to those two as to which one I was going to buy...now I have both. It's a killer player but the EMG's will most likely be replaced with the original Tom Anderson electronics some day. That said, I've been digging these EMG's way more than I ever thought I would as I've never been a big fan. They're pretty crushing through my rack system. These are both light as a feather...about the same as a Parker Fly.

[Norton]

No pictures of the backsides?....

[shobet]

Soon you'll have them all!

[nhspike]

Pretty wild looking Rupe!

[jacksoncsplayer]

Where the hell did you find Pink Strings? :ROTF:

[sonicsamurai]

they're awesome, the end of the fretboard doesn't convince me. a bit too angular for my tastes, but the yello one rules. excellent. terribly 80s lol!!

[Madness]

Wow...those things are cool!

[Jack Napalm]

Hot Damn! Those are very nice.

[Robert Burns]

Thats just great design! How come my local Sam Ass..never has
anything custom? Thanks for sharing..love the end of the fretboard!

[Trypp Powell]

Very cool guitars - I had totally forgotten about Rands until I saw this thread.

[straycat]

Nice very nice

[Rupe]

Thanks for the comments guys, I'm really happy with this pair. If any of you get a chance to play one, do it. Anyone in CO (or passing through) let me know and you're more than welcome to stop by.

The pink strings were on there when I got it (DR coated) but they'll be replaced by my usual DR Tite-Fits when needed (I'm digging the coated strings as they still sound great after weeks of play...I may look into these moving forward).

Robert, I bought my original at same Ash back in the 80's when they were a cool music store and not a corporation competing with Guitar Center. I doubt that you would find many "boutique" items at any Sam Ash these days.

[Bengal]

Damn... Very nice...

I gotta track one of these down very soon...

[atilla]

Super cool! I would love to see somebody in a local band hit the stage with one of those. But no, it's just a never-ending string of Fenders and Gibsons.

[daisp]

Love the pink one dude..very cool with pink strings!