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Anyone Know Anything about Gibson Ripper?
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Decent priced one here for $895 BIN
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Thanks everyone for the input.
I check intonation for neck warps (probably not a problem),
and haggle to a rock-bottom $1,200 target.
Still, that ebony neck looks pretty good!
I check intonation for neck warps (probably not a problem),
and haggle to a rock-bottom $1,200 target.
Still, that ebony neck looks pretty good!
I have a maple fretboard, fretted ripper. Got it for 50$ (yes, 50$) from my former high school music teacher. It's been loved. Right-through-to-the-wood loved.
I put ribbon wounds and keep it on mellow. No treble at all. Just melted, velvety butter.
Great for late night jazz/blues session.
Ebony fretless would just have been a huge cherry on the sundae. Guess I could rip them out...
I wouldn't put more than $1000 down on one, even mint (unless it's collectors or something). And make sure the switch works.
I like it because it's uncomplicated.
Marty
I put ribbon wounds and keep it on mellow. No treble at all. Just melted, velvety butter.
Great for late night jazz/blues session.
Ebony fretless would just have been a huge cherry on the sundae. Guess I could rip them out...
I wouldn't put more than $1000 down on one, even mint (unless it's collectors or something). And make sure the switch works.
I like it because it's uncomplicated.
Marty
martin.gauthier +1 $1,000 would be tops on a dead mint one for me. I sold mine for $700 and it was in rough shape cosmetically...but electronics and playability were very nice.
I bought one new in 75, it was one of the natural finished ones and it was a pretty
versatile and great sounding bass imho. I remember seeing more than a few of the
black finished fretless Rippers as well as the occasional ones in the tobacco burst.
I wish I'd had picked up one of the fretless versions when they were still pawn shop
prizes pricewise. I wonder if Gibson will ever reissue the Ripper in proper form someday.
That Ripper/Grabber shaped bass with the P-Bass pickup that Gibson put out under the
Epiphone name a few years back with the Ripper name wasn't even close.
versatile and great sounding bass imho. I remember seeing more than a few of the
black finished fretless Rippers as well as the occasional ones in the tobacco burst.
I wish I'd had picked up one of the fretless versions when they were still pawn shop
prizes pricewise. I wonder if Gibson will ever reissue the Ripper in proper form someday.
That Ripper/Grabber shaped bass with the P-Bass pickup that Gibson put out under the
Epiphone name a few years back with the Ripper name wasn't even close.
I bought one off ebay a while ago, a '74 ebony fretted. Beautiful guitar, great tone, but there seems to be some inconsistency on both sides of the neck as far as neck bow and ive been experiencing some dead spots on the E string 2nd to 4th frets as well as a few places along the treble side, which explains the lack of volume and punch when i play but i doesn't seem to be to badly warped. I really dont want to part from this bass but it has become almost unplayable now.
Is there anyway to get this fixed(steaming/pressing) or would it be better to get rid of it? Could it have to do with the frets being so badly worn? ..and if i were to go get it steamed/pressed, where do i go to get that done and how much will it run me?
thanks guys!
Is there anyway to get this fixed(steaming/pressing) or would it be better to get rid of it? Could it have to do with the frets being so badly worn? ..and if i were to go get it steamed/pressed, where do i go to get that done and how much will it run me?
thanks guys!
Never owned one but love the sound of it. It was one of my favorite basses to listen to (and if lucky enough try one) but I never knew what it was called (stupid me). Thanks for the thread, the long mystery has been solved!
By the way, did Gibson discontinue this series?
By the way, did Gibson discontinue this series?
Regardless...get a grip man!!! For over $3k, you can get a real dream F-ing bass that has no narrow-market appeal like a (forgive me, Greg Lake) Ripper or any other Gibson bass. For goodness sakes...you could get three fabulous basses for that price!!
Uh +1 on that. I didn't notice the 3k there.
Eh...either spend the 3k on a really good bass, a good bass and good amp, or a good bass, few modifications to an older bass, and buy the Ripper.
And so many more combinations available.
not to sound like a bass newbie here, even though i am, but shouldn't a fretless bass cost less? i mean... it has less crap added to it
Hmmm... that would depend heavily on the quality of the neck woods used, build quality and whatever it is that one might consider to be "crap." Welcome, but your thesis is flawed and firmly identifies your "newbieness".
Nah! Had mine since '74 and had no trouble at all with the neck. Perfectly straight.
Heya, I have a 76 fretted ripper
The tone is very different in comparison to any other bass.
There are 3 nobs: Treble, low mid and volume
There is a chicken switch-pick up selector. This alternates between: Both pick ups working fully, one coil at neck and both at bridge, one at both, and out of phase
Listen to any In Utero or Bleach by Nirvana. he used one and thats an accurate demo of the tone.
The tone is very different in comparison to any other bass.
There are 3 nobs: Treble, low mid and volume
There is a chicken switch-pick up selector. This alternates between: Both pick ups working fully, one coil at neck and both at bridge, one at both, and out of phase
Listen to any In Utero or Bleach by Nirvana. he used one and thats an accurate demo of the tone.
+1
I have owned a couple of Rippers, No neck issues whatsoever.
It's a tank, I gigged my first one 6 nights a week for 3 years with no problems. It is still one of my favorites:
That last one looks just like the one I was lusting after in the 70's. Never did get one, but 1 Gibson bass per player is not a bad thing either.
