New 2009 Grabber II and, yes, even the Ripper!

uwe · March 06, 2009, 10:59:07 AM

Then it can't be long before they reissue the SB-450 too, rechristened SB-4500 of course. That'll be the day a certain Dave W will shamefully resign here and restrict himself to moderating guitar and anti-Walmart forums for enduring penance!!!

uwe · March 06, 2009, 01:24:45 PM

My brethren, I have undeniably sinned - Mark shall administer the necessary and highly deserved lashes at his own discretion please - in withholding this from you: I thought it was an old Ripper refinned, but it might very well be the new model:

The regal varitone has returneth. Fall to your knees and repent if you please!

And on closer inspection they might have moved both the two pups and the controls a bit more towards the neck.

aluminumcatfish · March 06, 2009, 01:29:26 PM

What's next? A G3 with three TB plus Pups?

Andrew · March 06, 2009, 01:33:21 PM

Quote from: aluminumcatfish on March 06, 2009, 01:29:26 PM
What's next? A G3 with three TB plus Pups?

Hell yeah! I like how you think!

uwe · March 06, 2009, 01:37:16 PM

Maybe Epi sales of the Ltd. Edition Ripper weren't so bad after all that they had the guts to reissue this.

Je suis amazed. I wouldn't have expected to see a Grabber or a Ripper reissue by Gibson, much less both, in my lifetime. Seems to me that Gibson's marketing dept has decided to no longer leave the market for maple basses untapped. And maybe that guy who plays an old Ripper with the Foo Fighters has had an influence too.

Now I want a Mel Schacher, Peter Cetera and Gene Simmons signature ltd ed of it!!!

Make way for the fat bottomed girls.

Basvarken · March 06, 2009, 01:57:56 PM

Maybe I should sell the G4 idea to Gibson?

uwe · March 06, 2009, 02:01:03 PM

Masters of deception diese Holländer ...

Dave W · March 06, 2009, 03:10:26 PM

I'm waiting for 60s Kalamazoo chipboard reissues. But only with real mudbuckers. And chintzy tuners.

Barklessdog · March 07, 2009, 05:24:43 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on March 06, 2009, 01:57:56 PM
Maybe I should sell the G4 idea to Gibson?

New Spinal Tap Tour bass?

godofthunder · March 07, 2009, 07:00:41 AM

We should petition Gibson and have them make the G4 !

The Last Bass Outpost edition.

godofthunder · March 07, 2009, 07:44:56 AM

Quote from: uwe on March 06, 2009, 01:24:45 PM
My brethren, I have undeniably sinned - Mark shall administer the necessary and highly deserved lashes at his own discretion please - in withholding this from you: I thought it was an old Ripper refinned, but it might very well be the new model:

The regal varitone has returneth. Fall to your knees and repent if you please!

And on closer inspection they might have moved both the two pups and the controls a bit more towards the neck.

Picture is the same location as the BFG bass, Gibson must be holding out on us

Dave W · March 07, 2009, 10:06:52 AM

How dare they not consult us first!

clankenstein · March 07, 2009, 10:11:05 PM

im waiting for the suzi quatro grabber with 2 sliding pickups

uwe · March 08, 2009, 01:02:47 PM

Why should Suzi have had one with two sliding pups? There is probably some nasty innuendo there that I'm missing ...

clankenstein · March 08, 2009, 01:31:13 PM

just antipodean sarcasm.-http://www.flyguitars.com/interviews/SuziQuatro.php