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Vintage fretless ripper on the 'bay Should I go for it ?
« on: March 18, 2010, 05:00:20 AM »
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Re: Vintage fretless ripper on the 'bay Should I go for it ?
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 05:15:00 AM »
Just remember if it is like my 76 the marker dots will not be where the fretting note on a fretless is, but where they would be on a fretted bass. It drove me mad on mine and I had a "second set of dots" added! Other than that, feel free!
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Re: Vintage fretless ripper on the 'bay Should I go for it ?
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 05:22:22 AM »
There's a guy in town who has one of these...it is an awesome sounding fretless...right up there with Chris Brubeck's RIC--course, he's a great player, too...might be in the hands.
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Re: Vintage fretless ripper on the 'bay Should I go for it ?
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2010, 06:56:21 AM »
The deal is done ;D
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Re: Vintage fretless ripper on the 'bay Should I go for it ?
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2010, 08:05:00 AM »
nice score, congrats!
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Re: Vintage fretless ripper on the 'bay Should I go for it ?
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 08:05:41 AM »
(hesitantly) Will you carve it like the others, Master?
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Re: Vintage fretless ripper on the 'bay Should I go for it ?
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2010, 08:10:04 AM »
No such fate awaits this bass, after all you can reach the upper register  ;D Have I mentioned how much I love my Grabber ? We are doing two KISS songs so now I have to drag a bass tuned 1/2 step down The Grabber was the logical choice, man does it kick a** ! Still getting use to that HUGE body.
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Re: Vintage fretless ripper on the 'bay Should I go for it ?
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2010, 08:14:36 AM »
I took a chance on this thing only one picture  :rolleyes: as long as the truss rod is good everything should be a-ok.
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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2010, 08:26:59 AM »
Yes, they are durable creatures.
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2010, 11:37:25 AM »
Well done, congrats!
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« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2010, 12:12:50 PM »
Scott is getting toothless. Age can be a cruel thing.

"No, I'm not playing bum notes on the bass, YOUR guitar is just out of tune!"
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« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2010, 12:19:27 PM »
Not my first foray into fretless territory. ;D I might not have all my hair but I sill have all my teeth ;)
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« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2010, 12:29:34 PM »
I'm sorry, I generally try to banish images of you - of all people - playing products of that other, lesser Californian brand from my virgin mind.  :rolleyes:


All those good-for-nothing varitone sound options on a fretted Ripper actually make sense on a frettless one. Those middish, scooped, out-of-phasish neo-Jaco sounds. And of course you can always switch to making it sound warm and phat again.
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« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2010, 12:31:00 PM »
Quote from: uwe on March 18, 2010, 12:29:34 PM
I'm sorry, I generally try to banish images of you - of all people - playing products of that other, lesser Californian brand from my virgin mind.  :rolleyes:


All those good-for-nothing varitone sound options on a fretted Ripper actually make sense on a frettless one. Those middish, scooped, out-of-phasish neo-Jaco sounds. And of course you can always switch to making it sound warm and phat again.
I do look quite uncomfortable don't I ?
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Re: Vintage fretless ripper on the 'bay Should I go for it ?
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2010, 12:39:21 PM »
Wow! I am really envying you guys for that Grabbers! I was not lucky in getting one of the two bodies that were on ebay past two weeks and progress in my attempt to build a Grabber. Now I have neck, sliding plate and pickguard and trying to get the tuners
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-GIBSON-BASS-TUNERS-1974-FIT-RIPPER-GRABBER-EB-3_W0QQitemZ140391957117QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item20b003427d

or maybe I will go for a ripper:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-GIBSON-RIPPER-BASS-GUITAR-1975-EASY-PROJECT_W0QQitemZ140391955528QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item20b0033c48
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