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Title: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: Aussie Mark on May 29, 2011, 08:31:42 PM: Nice looking Ripper, but ...... the horns? ???

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300560929052&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqMOKjUE2zMhJN-WBN3FULUN6g~~0_3.JPG)
Title: Re: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: uwe on May 30, 2011, 06:09:48 AM: Look just like they look on the later ones.
Title: Re: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: PhilT on May 30, 2011, 01:30:34 PM: I think it's the burst and the way it's lit in the case, make the horns look sharper.
Title: Re: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: uwe on May 30, 2011, 02:25:56 PM: In essence, by the time of the second body shape version, the Rippers looked like pregnant SGs or like bloodsucking ticks after a good meal. The sharpened the horns in an attempt to defenderize the look I guess.
Title: Re: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: Aussie Mark on May 30, 2011, 04:00:50 PM: Quote from: PhilT on May 30, 2011, 01:30:34 PM
I think it's the burst and the way it's lit in the case, make the horns look sharper.

It must be an optical illusion, because they certainly look unusually pointy to me.

I was following the auction to see where the price ended up, because the 'burst Ripper I bought on Talk Bass last week was only $1350.
Title: Re: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: Dave W on May 30, 2011, 04:50:38 PM: The treble side horn looks pointier than it actually is, it's shadowed by the case edge. Bass side horn looks normal for a later one.
Title: Re: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: SKATE RAT on May 31, 2011, 04:54:53 AM: that looks extra pointy. and the strap peg shouldn't be on the tip like that.
Title: Re: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: PhilT on May 31, 2011, 06:11:49 AM: Quote from: SKATE RAT on May 31, 2011, 04:54:53 AM
that looks extra pointy. and the strap peg shouldn't be on the tip like that.

I thought of doing that with the strap button, I don't realy like the way the strap has to wrap round the horn. But I thought they probably did it like that for a reason, like the point wouldn't take the weight. Assuming logic in the Gibson design dept might be a mistake ...
Title: Re: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: SKATE RAT on May 31, 2011, 06:26:22 AM: that little wrap around is great! your strap never comes off!
Title: Re: Pointy horn Ripper sells for $1500 on eBay
Post by: Denis on June 03, 2011, 07:20:23 AM: Relocating that strap pin to the point of the horn looks remarkably dangerous to me. It looks like it's begging to break the tip of that horn off.