Cool.
Still amazed that Grover Jackson let Vinnie have that unfinished Rhoads, that was then used in the CotN promo pictures. I guess it was given to Vinnie to try out to see whether he liked how it felt?
Just to piss the guitar nerds off....
....does this throw into confusion the numbering of the Rhoads guitars? Vinnie's first gold Rhoads is known as the "First Five Rhoads" as it was the fifth one built. The gold one would would be the fifth built if you included the original "Concorde" guitar...but since the Concorde is technically not a Rhoads...... can of worms opened!
Are we looking at
1. Concorde. 2. Randy's black one. 3. The accidentally sold at NAMM one. 4. The bad neck one that was finally finished in 1988. 5. Vinnie's first gold one.
Or is it...
The Concorde, a stand alone model.
1. Randy's black one. 2. Sold at NAMM one. 3. 1988 finished one. 4. The CotN promo one (later finished in black, there's no doubt there). 5. The first gold one.
Like I said, can of worms opened!
A couple of years ago I had a "friendly" discussion with a guy from Germany who swore black & blue that the 1988 finished one was actually retro fitted with a Floyd and given to Vinnie in 1982, I assume as the first gold one? When I posted a picture of Mike Shannon, Charvel/Jackson Guitars No.1 luthier at the time, holding it in 1988/89 (there was a poster behind Mike with the Charvel "toothpaste" logo proving it was from that time period) and it still featured a Fender style wang, the guy blocked me on FB. lol
Let´s see about that!!!