Yum... Ripper with twin Model-Ones...

[Highlander]

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[Barklessdog]

Very clean bass.

[uwe]

I suspect it won't sound much different with the Model 1s. The original pups which are in essence mudbuckers with a lot less windings have a similar character.

[Dave W]

Already at $585.    It's reasonably clean, and it's an earlier model. But those Model 1s downgrade the collector value. Anyone who overpays now is likely to have a hard time getting his investment back.

[eb2]

A Ripper with Model Ones is a Rip-Off.

[uwe]

They are not really snug against the scratch plate - that looks weird. In principle, Model 1s could look good on a Ripper, but not the way they are mounted here.

And that is not even an original big-body Ripper, but already the sleeker version.