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01-02-2013, 04:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Switzerland | |  Can someone tell me what bass this is
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01-02-2013, 04:21 PM
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Endorsing Artist: GHS Strings | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 818 ~ 805 ~ L.A. | | | Looks like a Gibson Ripper, but I'll guess with the 'E', it's an Epiphone...????
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01-02-2013, 04:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Arizona | | | Yep, definitely looks like some kind of epi, especially with the headstock and tuning pegs it's got on it.
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01-02-2013, 04:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada | | | Moveable pickup? Never heard of that..
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01-02-2013, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by LowBSix  Looks like a Gibson Ripper, but I'll guess with the 'E', it's an Epiphone...???? | Thanks a lot for your quick reply but it just looks like an "e" because the picture is turned by 90 degrees. It actually looks a bit like an "m". |
01-02-2013, 04:37 PM
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Endorsing Artist Cataldo Basses and manufacturer of the Badbird Bridge | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rochester NY USA | | | This is some kind of Gibson Grabber Knock off. Neck construction is all wrong. No scarf joint at the headstock and Grabber necks were one piece. The body looks to be Ash, Grabbers were either Alder or Maple. The pickup is the wrong dimension, the knobs are wrong and the logo I have never seen on a Gibson or a Epi. This is from a independent builder.
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01-02-2013, 04:39 PM
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Endorsing Artist Cataldo Basses and manufacturer of the Badbird Bridge | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rochester NY USA | | | Also the tuners are wrong, bridge cover, neck plate....................I could go on. However whoever made this did a nice job.
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01-02-2013, 04:42 PM
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Endorsing artist: Carvin, Micheal Kelly Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Tx. | | | Don't think it's an Epi. Not sure what it is. Maybe look into the control cavity..... |
01-02-2013, 04:54 PM
| | | | I recall seeing a Mann bass like that in the 80's, i had a Mann strat guitar once, thing played and sounded better than an original Fender
Made for the Canadian market in the 70's to early 90's by Ibanez , I think they morphed into El Degas now, good quality budget knockoffs, i know the LP Mann knockoffs fetch a pretty good price
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01-02-2013, 05:11 PM
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01-02-2013, 05:14 PM
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Endorsing Artist Cataldo Basses and manufacturer of the Badbird Bridge | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rochester NY USA | | Ah Interesting! Well I knew it wasn't a Gibson but it looks so well done I thought it might be a independent builder! Quote:
Originally Posted by tmdazed I recall seeing a Mann bass like that in the 80's, i had a Mann strat guitar once, thing played and sounded better than an original Fender
Made for the Canadian market in the 70's to early 90's by Ibanez , I think they morphed into El Degas now, good quality budget knockoffs, i know the LP Mann knockoffs fetch a pretty good price |
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01-02-2013, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by godofthunder59 Ah Interesting! Well I knew it wasn't a Gibson but it looks so well done I thought it might be a independent builder! | Japanese stuff of the 80's usually had a nice fit and finish, These were made at the Ibanez plant before they moved ops to SK i belive |
01-02-2013, 05:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Enchanted Mitten, USA | | | Definately a Gibson Grabber copy.
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01-02-2013, 06:02 PM
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01-02-2013, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Wookieonbass Definately a Gibson Grabber copy. | Yea, the Ripper had 2 p-up's and a 5? position rotary switch.
dukeisdog "Moveable pickup? Never heard of that"
Dan Armstrong, clear plexiglass bass fame, had a single p-up bass that was on a track that ran from just shy of the bridge almost all the way to the heel of the neck (If I remember correctly). Trippy bass. I don't believe it ever made it to American market. Maybe in England? But there are a few around.
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01-02-2013, 06:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Largo Fla. | | | Body looks like pine, neckplate is narrow like a guitar. |
01-02-2013, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by funkinbottom Yea, the Ripper had 2 p-up's and a 5? position rotary switch.
dukeisdog "Moveable pickup? Never heard of that"
| That's why it was called the "Grabber" you could grab the pick up and move it.
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01-02-2013, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by hdracer That's why it was called the "Grabber" you could grab the pick up and move it. | Make's perfect sense |
01-02-2013, 07:01 PM
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01-02-2013, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by hdracer This is the Epiphone "E" logo
| Aah, I thought they may have had a few differnet "E"s over the years and OP's was one I was unfamiliar with. Guess not, OP,my mistake!
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It has 1 pickup which can be moved towards the bridge and towards the neck, i think it's some kind of plastic. Anyways i have no idea what brand it is. 
Maybe anyone here knows more about it.
