Gibson body dimensions

[Phendyr_Loon]

I tried this in the luthiers corner with no replies so I thought this thread would get more traffic here and maybe get an answer to my question.

I'm in need of some measurements if there's a friendly TBer out there with a Ripper and a ruler.

upper bout-
waist-
lower bout-
thickness-
butt to upper horn-
butt to heel-
butt to lower horn-

Or, if someone has a scale outline they can hook me up with that would be rad.

It occurred to me that the grabber body is similar so I could use those measurements just as well. I'm attempting a ripper clone build and according Flyguitars dot com, there were variations in the ripper body from year to year so even if I can get the grabber shape that's fine, I'm not looking to be dead on in every detail.

TIA

 

[altamont]

There's a TB user here that started a Grabber clone project but never got past the blueprint stage. Check out post #376 of this thread;

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/gibson-grabber-ripper-g-3-club-565402/index19.html#post13175735

I started to trace a blueprint in Adobe Illustrator based on internet photos of a grabber and Corey's measurements. I'll try to get back to it soon and I'll share the thing.

 

[altamont]

I just found an old email I sent to a case maker when I was looking for a case to match my Ripper and it contained some measurements. Here;

- Body width : 14" 7/8
- Horn width : 11" 1/4
- Total length including neck : 46" 1/2
- Body length from neck joint : 20"

I'll try to measure everything tonight, I'm going to my jam space and I'll bring back the ol' Ripper to life.

 

[Phendyr_Loon]

Awesome! Thanks for the replies.