Also, put your cap on the pot and use wire to jump between the tone and volume: just a precaution in case the pots come loose.
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Both great suggestions! I did shield the cavity as well so it's possible that its touching when the switch is in the up position. A quick adjustment yielded the same results but I'm going to dig further into this when I have more time (and a multimeter). I'll likely be in touch in coming days, but again thanks for all the help so far.
Looks just like your last two pics. Except my middle pickup has the orange and white on the wrong sides.
Hey Grabber/Ripper Club,
Back again looking for advise. So I've got myself a multimeter to test what may be a faulty neck pickup. It will be my first time using a multimeter so I looked up a few videos to see how it's done:
Is the process this fella is using in the above video correct? I saw another two videos where one tech said if you have an analog multimeter to set it to 20K and another said 200K.
Also, with the G3 pickups having 3 wires, would I leave the white out and read the other two or connect both grounds together and read as if it were one ground? What sort of a reading would conclude a faulty pickup, an unsteady reading or reading out as 0 ohms?
Thanks in advance,
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Back again looking for advise. So I've got myself a multimeter to test what may be a faulty neck pickup. It will be my first time using a multimeter so I looked up a few videos to see how it's done:
Is the process this fella is using in the above video correct? I saw another two videos where one tech said if you have an analog multimeter to set it to 20K and another said 200K.
Also, with the G3 pickups having 3 wires, would I leave the white out and read the other two or connect both grounds together and read as if it were one ground? What sort of a reading would conclude a faulty pickup, an unsteady reading or reading out as 0 ohms?
Thanks in advance,
E
I was on a guitar wiring forum on FB and came across this. Bass Circuits Diagram & DIY.pdf It's a download of a 503-page book full of every bass wiring diagram you can think of, plus a nice section on DIY hot rodding projects. It's in German but has a German to English glossary in the back. However, if you don't want to download the whole thing I think this is the page you would be most interested in. I don't know much about the book but all credits and the huge thanks go to Cadfael, the author, who did such a great job compiling all the wiring diagrams and making them available.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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His is a digital that automatically sets the decimal where it should be. Start it at 20k. All the change does is move the reading on the scale. Just flip so that the reading is on the scale. Should be
Whichever colour is attached to the plate in the pickup you must leave out. Easy to see with your clear pups.
If it’s dead, the needle will be off the scale in any dial position. If digital it won’t stay still or some show a 1. some an infinity symbol.
Hi there,
I am about to restore my ca 74/75 Ripper with the original rotary control, but riwire the out of phase setting to neck pickup only. In know there was as wiring schematic for this around here some time ago.
Does anybody have this at hand or even better has done the mod himself and can decribe what to do in their own words? That would be great!
I am about to restore my ca 74/75 Ripper with the original rotary control, but riwire the out of phase setting to neck pickup only. In know there was as wiring schematic for this around here some time ago.
Does anybody have this at hand or even better has done the mod himself and can decribe what to do in their own words? That would be great!
Farewell to my Brothers and Sisters at Arms in the Ripper, Grabber & G3 Cult for I must bid the Adieu, while I am with you in spirit I have traded my bona fides away for a bass that shall certainly see much more action. However it is still a Gibson a 2014 EB 5 String strung Hi C more fitting to my needs at this thyme.
The new keeper of the G3 will likely cherish it well and play it as it deserves.
The new keeper of the G3 will likely cherish it well and play it as it deserves.
Ye shall live a life of regrets!
You will find the wiring diagrams earlier in this thread - there’s a PDF of every known pick up configuration! As for the rotary, Serge on the Grabber FB page did his a while ago.
You will find the wiring diagrams earlier in this thread - there’s a PDF of every known pick up configuration! As for the rotary, Serge on the Grabber FB page did his a while ago.
SAY!-- Ive got one-- can I get a number----??
I had an Epi Ripper -- but stuck with the GIBSON G3 Grabber
she is a bit war scared and beat--- but SOUNDS ooooohhh so sweet!
I had an Epi Ripper -- but stuck with the GIBSON G3 Grabber
she is a bit war scared and beat--- but SOUNDS ooooohhh so sweet!
Hey guys anyone know if these will work on a gibson ripper?
TK-0791-001 Set of 4 Schaller BM Nickel Bass Tuners 645208017766 | eBay
TK-0791-001 Set of 4 Schaller BM Nickel Bass Tuners 645208017766 | eBay
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Depends on the year but I believe the BM tuners are the correct model. The earliest Rippers has a different size and then from around 75/76 they had the same as the Grabber/G3
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I have no idea what year mine is haha, no serial number so I guess I just have to take a chance... it was black, someone stripped it of all it's hardware/pups and painted it white...ugh, so I'm trying to restore it
You need to get pix up!!
There are a few tell-tale signs; older models are maple bodied and have a fatter body with a smaller top horn (bass side), the main telltale is the pickups. The first few years had pick ups screwed into the body, with the latter years being mounted onto the pick guard.
[EDIT] If the original pots are still there then that is the biggest giveaway!
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IF this helps -- compare to mine pictured in post 872.
ITs an 81 model
Your guitar was made at the
Kalamazoo Plant, MI, USA
on March 13th, 1981
Production Number: 64
ITs an 81 model
Your guitar was made at the
Kalamazoo Plant, MI, USA
on March 13th, 1981
Production Number: 64
