No idea how to use my new Ripper

[mccartneyman]

Loved my Ripper and found the positions #1 and #2 on the rotary worked best for me, although #3 sounded better when I used a Mutron III. It's a matter of taste. Strung with Rotosound Swing Bass, it is still one of my favorite sounding basses. I bought it because my '59 P bass developed an untreatable buzz from its pickup and the Ripper was the Gibson that sounded most like a Fender. Never liked another Gibson bass before or since. I had a black '75 one like yours. Sold it after I got a Steinberger L2. Picture shows what the rotary does.

 

[Thorsoundcore]

may just be one of my favorite moments in TV history

jeeze, i must be the only guy, and probably the only nirvana fan that isn't wowed by that video. he commonly threw his basses about, and he just happend to have alittle misfire (on live television of course) $%#@ happens, i don't really see why it is such a big deal. :shrug:

 

[detracti]

Thanks for the schematic. I've seen it before, but this time I put it in photoshop and worked out a mod to make position 2 be neck pu only instead of bridge.

Just might open her up later.

 

[mccartneyman]

Thanks for the schematic. I've seen it before, but this time I put it in photoshop and worked out a mod to make position 2 be neck pu only instead of bridge.

Just might open her up later.

I used #1 infrequently, mainly if I played with a pick. Fingerstyle, I used #2 which I was quite surprised to see was just the bridge PUP because it still has a lot of bottom -- at least with the 2x15 cab I was using at time. #4 sounded horrible.

 

[eddievanbassman]

Go play da muthafunker

 

[Roy Vogt]

unless it rips your ears off, you didnt get your money's worth....apparently its what it was made for.
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Interestingly enough, notice that the Ripper in the ad has two of those old Gibson EBO type humbuckers-the real pickups weren't ready for the ad...
A bit of MI trivia

 

[ArduaVinco]

^ I was actually wondering about that! ^ Call me crazy, but I think a double Mudbuckered Ripper would be fun as hell. It would bring the DOOOOOOOOM........

 

[Rob W]

The midrange control was really a fantastic feature of the original Ripper. It was such a great idea for a humbucker equipped bass. Humbuckers usually have tons of mid so to be able to scoop some of that out right on the bass was brilliant. It's too bad they removed that feature from the reissue.

My Ripper ('74) is the bass I MOST regret selling. I really want another one.