This is my Grabber that I completed with the help of Shadowcastaz who sold me tuners, bridge, and string holder
It all original except the pickup that is an Humbucker that I winded manually at 8k, wiring harness, neck plate, decal, strap holders, knobs, bridge cover and screws.
Former owner stripped the neck, and I preferred to give it some wax and not refinish. The neck is from 1975 (99XXXXXX serial code) and the seller of the body (well reliced) told me that is a 1974.
It is a very nice light bass, the pickup slides well (I got the sliding plate from greatdealz) and is amazing how the tone changes in upper and lower position.
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A road warrior!
Bella lì, you finally got all the pieces to finish it. I still miss my old Grabber, great bass.
If your not satisfied with the pickup you could always throw in one of those TB+ pickups on Ebay. It'll be like the Grabber II with a bold on neck.
I was thinking to do that, but the satsfaction to play with a pickup done by myself has no price. I winded several by hands, and frankly this is not the best I did, but I will replace only with an original one
:mrgreen:Lookin Good! Im glad your happy with it so far>
Very nice job. Congratulations!
Quote from: dadagoboi on November 01, 2010, 04:41:47 PM
Very nice job. Congratulations!
Grazie compare! I understand that both have southern Italy roots! Sicilian as my mother if I am not wrong....
Quote from: tore00 on November 02, 2010, 02:17:56 PM
Grazie compare! I understand that both have southern Italy roots! Sicilian as my mother if I am not wrong....
Sì, il mio padre era Siciliano ma parlo male Italiano.
Secret messages are now passed within this forum. :-X
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"Honorable Don Corleone, he has a Grabberi now, capisce?"
"Ah, let him, consiglieri, we'll deal with it like we did at home, subito."
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Il Uwe
(Lord Keeper of PC Communication and Cleanser of Ethnic Jokes)
Don't make me drag out the Enigma machine...
Baciamo le mani, Don Uwe, greatest Gibson mammasantissima of the planet :mrgreen:
Tá tú ag gach duine meabhair... ;)
and after 14 years finally I've got a Grabber pickup to complete my build. Pickup and complete harness. I'm really happy today!
Congratulations to the completion! :toast:
Tutor bene! 8)
https://youtu.be/ZNt5FnMK2sM
https://youtu.be/TrO8T45cV0c
Congratulations! Difficult parts to find, I admire your tenacity! :toast:
It was a nice quest! All started in 2009 , maybe before when I purchased on ebay a strange neck. It had no decal but on the back of the head there was written Gibson and a serial number. At the time I did not know anything about Grabber.