Who'd Like To See a Gibson Grabber-type 5?

[StormeeBee]

Any luthiers wanna take up the challenge?

 

[Jazzcat]

Challenge me. What is this Type 5 you speak of?

 

[Josh Pelican]

I believe he meant a five-string version of a Grabber-type bass, judging by the hyphen.

 

[Jazzcat]

Oh right. I missed that entirely.

I have an old Ripper that would be a good platform for a 5er conversion though. It has been defretted and lost the original pickups, electronics, bridge and PG. For a 5er conversion, the fingerboard needs to be replaced with a wider one, which would be the trickiest part. Placing the hardware should be easy with a donor bass to provide all the equipment.

 

[BASSDROID]

Bob Gollihur has a converted Epiphone Ripper 5 string, about halfway down the page.
Bob Gollihur - Eclectic Bass

The Epi seems like a decent and inexpensive platform.