 Gibson RD Artist - Passive Active Gibson RD
Advertisement from the magazine Music Life (April 78), which comes from Japan. The functionality of the RD artist guitar is explained in detail (In Japanese) |  Gibson RD Artist - There Is No Energy Shortage
|  Gibson RD Artist - The Active Sound Of The 80s
This advert features three Artist series guitars; the RD Artist which had been around since 1977, the ES Artist and Les Paul Artist, which were both new models in 1979 |  Gibson RD Artist - Power Play - Basses Loaded
This advert for the RD series actually appeared on two consecutive pages. The top half, for the RD Artist guitaron the left, the RD Artist bass on the right | |
