Randy felt the shape of his first prototype 'Concorde' was not distinctive enough from the Gibson Flying V and his solution involved elongating the top horn so that the body resembled a shark's fin. This second prototype featured the revised body profile finished in black with a gold pickguard and hardware, fixed tailpiece with strings anchored in the body. This guitar featured Grover locking tuners and Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups. Randy had barely begun playing this latest V when he died tragically in 1982.