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Gibson Grabber

jaco944

jaco944

Apr 13, 2005
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Has anyone in or around Portsmouth New Hampshire checked out this Grabber at Guitar Center.....for the price it's either trashed or severely modded.

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#7
I had a grabber years ago, it was fun to have, but I don't miss it.

As for the price, I can't imagine spending more than that on one, but maybe my frame of reference goes back too far. I owned mi e in the mid 90s.

As for GC prices, sometimes they sell low. Five years ago I got a 78 fretless P for $800, I literally saw one at Action Music in Falls Church Va today going for $1,800.
 
#10
The new pickguard part makes me nervous. If it was replaced to fix a damaged rail for the sliding pickup it's one thing. But I've also found Grabbers where the slider wasn't working properly and the movable pickup just got epoxied down.
 
#11
One_Dude said:
I have both a Grabber and a Ripper. I also think they are different animals and sound different from each other. To my ears the Grabber has a lighter more "airy" sound while the Ripper has a heavier "ballsy" sound. Both winners to me but for different reasons.

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Spot on! The Ripper definitely has a more focused (dare I say Prog?) tone whereas the Grabber is pure rock & roll. Kinda like so many twins. One is more reserved while the other is more outgoing.
 
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I currently have, play and love my G3 and ultimately would like to round out the trilogy with a Grabber and Ripper.....boy I wish I had picked them up in the late '80s when you couldn't give em away.
 
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jaco944 said:
Has anyone in or around Portsmouth New Hampshire checked out this Grabber at Guitar Center.....for the price it's either trashed or severely modded.

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Just email them and ask. Give them your cell number. I've been able to get more pix sent to my email or cell number and actually talk to someone there actually holding the bass in their hands. I've done this several times.

Lots of goodies for sale in their 'vintage' used bass page https://www.guitarcenter.com/Vintage/Bass.gc
 
#17
I'd like to ask these fellow bassists about an old topic: a case for the grabber. But my main question is: is the Grabber's body width 14 1/2 inches or 14 7/8 inches?
As most of Grabber buyers, I'm looking for a hardcase that would fit. (I've just bought online a '77 Grabber and sent it to a friend in NYC. He's going to bring it with him when he come to visit me, but the bass will have to go as a checked baggage). I know the Jack Casady, or Rivoli or Eb2 epiphone cases options but as this thread has been for a long time, most of them are gone or more expensive than before.
The thing is I can find on ebay some hardcases that might fit but the inner body width is usually 14 1/2 and as far as I've researched, some sites claim that the Grabber is 14 1/2 ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]), but I've also found in TB that it's 14 7/8 (Gibson body dimensions). I asked my friend to measure it but he's far from home for some weeks, so... anybody with a ruler and a Grabber could tell me, please?
Thanks in advance!
 

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