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Ripper Copy Build

#21
I know everyone seems to be into the naked look on these but I'm REALLY leaning towards pearl white with flat black hardware. And maybe some rat rod style pin striping... EMG pickups, some super slinkys and let this thing scream! Lol gettin ahead of myself a little. I still haven't figured out the bridge situation. I can't find the inserts that I need! :(
 
#22
Search ebay or the classifieds here on talkbass. Pretty sure something will come up. And yeah, you should leave it natural but you know, that's us. We're used to the look of a natural finished gibson ripper in all it's originality. If i were you i would do it. and if i really wanted to paint the scheme you want, well then i'd do it afterwards. cause if you realize you want to have it natural after having it painted white and such. it'll be a hassle. My 2 cents.
 
#23
Andii Syckz said:
Search ebay or the classifieds here on talkbass. Pretty sure something will come up. And yeah, you should leave it natural but you know, that's us. We're used to the look of a natural finished gibson ripper in all it's originality. If i were you i would do it. and if i really wanted to paint the scheme you want, well then i'd do it afterwards. cause if you realize you want to have it natural after having it painted white and such. it'll be a hassle. My 2 cents.
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Good point!
 
#24
garmenteros said:
..I say have those pups rewound and go volume volume tone with the electronics.
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+1 on this. Not tht the emg's would suck. But if you have no clue how to wire the emg's, just get the originals rewound. Plus it'll give you less work for routing for the pickup. And the V/V/T set up with a three way is great as well. OR you can do just like the gibson ripper wiring which is volume, midrange choke and tone (or treble cut). with the 4 position rotary switch.

Then again, it's our two cents on your project. here to help and enjoy your build no matter what you decide to do with it in the end. :)
 
#26
Andii Syckz said:
+1 on this. Not tht the emg's would suck. But if you have no clue how to wire the emg's, just get the originals rewound.
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As far as that goes... I don't have any clue how to wire up the originals either. So either way ill have to figure it out. Apparently there is a guy here in town that does guitar repair and supposedly is really good. I think I'm gonna take them over to him and see what he can tell me/do for me.
 
#28
kyleaubu said:
I know everyone seems to be into the naked look on these but I'm REALLY leaning towards pearl white with flat black hardware. And maybe some rat rod style pin striping... EMG pickups, some super slinkys and let this thing scream! Lol gettin ahead of myself a little. I still haven't figured out the bridge situation. I can't find the inserts that I need! :(
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Hipshot will sell you the inserts. Or better yet get all the hardware from them. Its an excellent upgrade from the original hardware on the bass. If you're not putting original ripper pickups in there I think darkstars would look awesome.
 
#29
Pearl white with a carbon fibre pickguard.

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#30
Ok so I've moved on to the neck. Here's where I get nervous. Just in case I didn't make this clear before, I'm an extremely handy guy and I've restored and refinished many things. But never an instrument. Anyway... I want to have it refretted when I'm done. So how do I go about removing the frets? And then once they are out, what would be the best way to go about refinishing the neck. I want to keep everything natural except the face of the headstock will be painted.
 
#32
OP, do a quick search and you'll find dozens of threads about refretting here on TB. Don't be scared--If you're handy, you shouldn't have a problem. The first one I ever did turned out just fine. You'll need a soldering iron (to soften the glue) and a pair of end-nipper cutting pliers to pry the frets out verrry slowly and carefully, then some wood putty to fill the slots and some poly or epoxy to finish it off.
 

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