My new G3

[Bert]

I'll be happy to provide details to all interested parties.

As it looks like I'm keeping my G3 I might be an interested party. I changed my own G3 to have 2 pickups on the 3way switch and the middle one on a seperate volume knob (I cut out tone).

[godofthunder]

 You guys might find this story interesting, some may have heard it already. Way back in the summer of '75 I worked at a local dinner place. Fri night I washed dishes, talk about a crappy job. Then Sat. morning I would go in and clean the place. This was the cool part. I let myself in with a popsicle stick then would vacum, clean the bath rooms and listen to the jukebox with no one around to bother me and help myself to Cokes at the bar. I worked the whole summer to buy a new EB3, just like my idol Jimmy Lea( at the time I didn't understand all the changes made between 60's and the 70's EB3). Well at the end of the summer I had amassed the mighty sum of $365.00, just what I needed to but my new EB3. Well when I went to the store they said on no son you don't want that how about a nice G3 that we have coming in? They went on to explain that being a Kiss fan and all this is even better than Gene's bass. Well I fell for it and I disliked the G3 almost the min. I got it. I spent years slagging off G3's. Fast forward to now. I have a alder body G3 that I think is a most fantastic bass. unplugged the acoustic resonance is amazing. The neck is fantastic, very comfortable profile, excellent fret work and the action is the lowest of any bass I own. Gibson really did take a good stab at Fender with these basses. So if I had to pick between the two I would pick the alder bodied bass. Alder has much more resonance, maple more snap.

[hollowbody]

I'm actually going to be putting a Gripper together in the next few weeks.  I'll have to make a new post on it when I get started.

[ramone57]

are you using G3 pickups & wiring in a Ripper?

[hollowbody]

Yup.  The back story is too long for this thread so I'll post on it hopefully this weekend.

[Chris P.]

Nice story, but I hate the fact shop employees try to sell something else than you want...

[uwe]

I've always said it: G-3s are the crown of creation in the Ripper/Grabber/G-3 "fat-bottomed girls family". And they could have done a lot more with those three pups had they added a varitone - it would have actually made sense for once.

I agree that the alder bodies are more lively and "furry"-sounding. The maple bodies are more focused and have more thud in the sub-lows. But a G-3 with its sharp attack will get you heard in a band irrespective of the body wood choice. 

[godofthunder]

  Uwe, in large part it was your high regard for the G3 that prompted me to give the bass another try

[barend]

Yes, I also love the G3. Also had an ebony '74 Ripper once, but I sold it because it couldn't compete with the G3. There was only one really good sound in the Ripper, the other three sounds are very thin. Never tried a Grabber though.

[uwe]

"Never tried a Grabber though."

= very angry P Bass sound, with less fundamentals and a bit on the obnoxious side

[pamlicojack]

Again, if anyone wants to pass one along, I'd be happy to take one off your hands to compliment my '80 Ripper...

[Bass VI]

As promised, I'll be posting the 6-way switch mod. Look for it in the projects and mods forum ( thought it would be more appropo there ) I'll put the link to the thread here http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=1392.msg17175#msg17175

when I get it finished.

Teaser pic



Scott