Author: John Peacock
Date: 2018-03-02 18:32
It's common to identify the Golden Age for R13's with early 1960s to early 1980s (serial numbers roughly 70,000 - 200,000). Since the RC only appeared in 1975, you might guess that the very early RCs would be the best. I play a 1979 RC and really like it, although the keywork is a bit worn. But I had a chance to buy a 1978 model in better condition and passed: it sounded very different, and clearly had a different design to the 1979 one (couple of mm difference in length of the lower joint). So they were tinkering with the design then, which makes blanket statements hard. All you can be sure about is the usual stuff: that the quality of wood and keywork prior to the early 1980s will be better than today - even the Prestige-level instruments. I've tried quite a few recent RCs, both Prestige and non-Prestige, and I feel the 1979 instrument sounds better - but probably no two players would agree on that.
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