The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: Denis on November 21, 2017, 07:36:44 AM
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I realized yesterday I'd not taken a photo of the Ripper family so here is one now. Though they all sound different they are very much of the same family! It's a little blurry..
Left to right, 2012 G3, '73 with Seymour Duncan pickups and my '80. The '80 weighs almost a pound and a half more than the '73!
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:mrgreen:
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Nice! One burst, one natural, one ebony.
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The Replica G-3 is the best Ripper shape bass ever.
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It sure has the biggest set of cajones of all of them. Sadly, it is still really underrated.
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You need a G-4, Denis. Unfortunately Rob's pics are no longer visible (thanks, photobucket >:().
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Also known as the "
FLying Dutchman Signature Model"!
Holländer sind alle Betrüger.
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I don't even remember it!
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I never used Photobucket. The pics were on an old band website that is now defunct.
I can't seem to find them on my Mac at home. Maybe at work.
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Is "G4" a joke? I don't think I've ever heard that before :-o
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I don't even remember it!
Is "G4" a joke? I don't think I've ever heard that before :-o
Rob announced it on April 1, 2008.
Here's the thread, minus the pic: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=393.0
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Yeah, I'd agree on the G-3 being great! I played Denis' and it made an impression for sure!
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I found the pics that I made nine years ago, on my computer at the office.
So I put them on my website.
Here they are:
(https://13376708-689899567947305371.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/g4body_orig.jpg)
(https://13376708-689899567947305371.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/headstockg4_orig.jpg)
(https://13376708-689899567947305371.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/backplateg4_orig.jpg)
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Haha, I'd forgotten that one so you could have recycled it into a 10th Anniversary Fooled You Again. :mrgreen:
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LOL. Now I want one
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What Rob needs to do is convince Henry J. that Gibson actually made it.
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Henry J couldn't care less. So far I have received no reaction at all on a complete book about their bass guitars. Why would he bother about an obscure bass that some silly Dutchman found... haha!
:P
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If you put robotic tuners on it he'd take notice. Convince him that Gibson was ahead of its time even during the Norlin years.
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I will send him an email on march 31st about this sensational bass that they made some forty years ago... :popcorn:
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I found the pics that I made nine years ago, on my computer at the office.
So I put them on my website.
Here they are:
(https://13376708-689899567947305371.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/g4body_orig.jpg)
(https://13376708-689899567947305371.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/headstockg4_orig.jpg)
(https://13376708-689899567947305371.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/backplateg4_orig.jpg)
THAT.IS.AWESOME!
No wonder I never saw it. I don't think I joined LBO until sometime in 2009!
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Maybe we can convince Eastwood they need to build it. :mrgreen:
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Featuring the famous"Two Bucks" switching system.
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Rob, no need to convince Eastwood. If you go ahead on March 31 I'm convinced we'll be seeing a Gibson Reissue G4 in the 2019 bass model lineup. ;D
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The Eastwood version would be identical except for the scale length, woods, electronics and hardware. :P
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Henry J couldn't care less.
Nope... I beg to differ... probably has this place bugged... probably a lurker... has us all pegged as subversive... If Rob and Mark had not already met Uwe I'd have had him tagged as HJ... :mrgreen: