1978 Gibson Ripper - Neck pickup only mod

[Cadfael]

Originally Posted by williamz0

Cadfael - I don't suppose you have one of those lovely easy to understand wiring diagrams for a Gibson Grabber G3 model by any chance. That's the one with the 3 pickups and just a tone pot, volume pot and a 3 way switch.

The diagram you would like to have has been online for more than one year ...
It has the number 1.3.34 and can be found on page 104 in version 3.91 of my 417 pages "wiring compilation" ...

Here is the link: http://161589.homepagemodules.de/t29...-E-Baesse.html

Scroll down to the bottom. Click "Bassschaltungen391.pdf" and wait. The 417 pages have 6.35MB. You can save the file onto your harddisk when it has been loaded.

There are more than 40 other Gibson diagrams - so, you can keep on buying Gibson basses!

If the download doesn't work, send me a PM with your normal email address ...

[williamz0]

Originally Posted by Stealth

That one lug of the volume pot that's supposed to be grounded isn't - make sure to resolder it to the pot casing and make sure the pot casing is connected to the ground (so it ends up on the output jack).

Many thanks Stealth - I'll check that tomorrow!

[williamz0]

And Cadfael - thank you so much, you have been so helpful!

[williamz0]

Originally Posted by Mr.Fingers

I did this mod, but differently. Instead of sacrificing one of the positions on the 4-way, I added the 6-way rotary switch from the L6S guitar, which is the same as the 4-way in terms of dimensions. The original wiring was there, but everything was corroded big time, with scratchy pots and a dodgy switch, so I replaced everything. With help of the original wiring diagram from the L6S, I reverse engineered it for the L9S, and came up with this:







sounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSURpHQtMV8

Wow where did you get the tortoiseshell pickguard?

[Mr.Fingers]

I ordered it at Pickguardian. The very first rippers had a nitrate tortoise pickguard (which is very prone to shrinkage/warping/desintegration). Since this is a '74, it probably had this guard when it came out of the factory, but when I got it, the pickguard was gone, and the electronics were held in place by a piece of spraypainted plexiglass, trimmed to shape with a blunt axe. Mailed Tony (Pickguardian) that I needed a singleply tortoise guard, but I couldn't give him a tracing, so he made me this one, fits like a glove. Ever since then, Tony is my pickguard wizzard


Here's a (very young) Nick Movshon with his tortguard Ripper


And the modded one I handle.