The man who created the tone that defined a generation of guitarists finally has a signature series. It’s just a shame he is not hear to see it. The striking 1959RR has been built to the original specifications as requested by Rhoads himself. From my understanding, and I may be wrong, the main difference is that the first channel is fed directly into the second gain channel, producing more gain and harmonic overtones that create that signature sound.

I just hope the guitar is tonally versatile and not stuck in the 80’s, otherwise me may all be wearing spandex again real soon, and that would not be pretty.