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ramone57

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ripper project completed
« on: January 13, 2008, 08:07:37 PM »
been working on this on and off for 18 months or so, but it's finally completed.  it needed a re-fret and I decided to get it refinned (semi-gloss nitro) as well.  also rewired it with a 3-way toggle, 2 vol, 2 tone and got a tort guard from Roger (Jeannie's Pickguards).  sounds much better than the original circuit to my ears, it's much brighter and has a bit more range as well. 








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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2008, 08:32:54 PM »
Ooooooooohhhhh, shiny...

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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2008, 08:42:58 PM »
Very sharp! these basses are starting to grow on me. this one sure turned out nice.
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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2008, 09:37:13 PM »
That's pretty sweet! Tort pg looks great!

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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2008, 11:32:36 PM »

 That's looking really nice, the tort pickguard is perfect!
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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2008, 12:37:36 AM »
I applaud how you did away with that silly varitone and the useless mid freq control! Love the toggle on the tort and the 4 controls.
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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2008, 01:40:17 AM »
Beautiful!
Typical those hybrid Gibsons we've seen lately.
Wonder what took "us" so long.


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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2008, 02:10:43 AM »
Good job! That tortoise guard goes well with the natural fin.

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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2008, 04:58:11 AM »
That came out beautiful ! The tort guard it the look for that bass.
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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2008, 04:58:40 AM »
thanks for the comments, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.  I like to solo the neck pickup quite a bit, so I had to modify the wiring to accomodate that.  plus I couldn't see the value of having a choke in the circuit (anybody need one?); these pups are not mudbuckers by any stretch.  
it's a bright sounding bass, so I may play around with some different cap values.  
the bridge cover is the final hurdle.  the unchromed ones from ebay turned out to be 1/8" taller than a few others that I have and they don't look quite right on the bass.  1/8" doesn't sound like much but it's huge when you're used to the shorter specimen.
I can't wait to hear it at practice.

« Last Edit: January 14, 2008, 05:05:32 AM by ramone57 »

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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2008, 05:52:43 AM »
I really like the Torte guard on it.

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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2008, 05:40:46 PM »
Drooool!  Very nice indeed!

And I'm sure someone will want you old choke.

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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2008, 05:08:25 AM »
And I'm sure someone will want you old choke

somebody was looking for one recently but I don't remember who.

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Re: ripper project completed
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2008, 07:43:06 PM »