Found a Ripper, decisions, decisions

[uwe]

Fat-bottomed girls make the rocking world go round!

[Denis]

  I'm with you there!

[Dave W]

Purely for the sake of scientific accuracy:

The Abstract

The Rebuttal

[uwe]

Rebuttals? Assumptions? Tidal lickings? Rarely before have Dave's scientific contributions been more compelling and to the point.

[TBird1958]

Rebuttals? Assumptions? Tidal lickings? Rarely before have Dave's scientific contributions been more compelling and to the point.

Nice to see I have this kind of effect on our esteemed Moderators..........

[lowend1]

Nice to see I have this kind of effect on our esteemed Moderators..........

Yes Mark, we have all rectified our problems and assimilated. We have seen the error of our ways, crawled out of the deep dark hole of ignorance and no longer make you the butt of tasteless jokes. Can you ever forgive us?

[Denis]

Hahaha, here's the new Ripper. The previous owner did not rip me a new one.
Nick always has to check out the new basses in the house.

[Dave W]

That really does look nice for its age. Not mint but very clean. Good deal.

[Denis]

Thanks, Dave. It's definitely not mint and although I think it was gigged a long time ago, it's been stored for the past 15 years.

I'm still trying to get the hang of photographing these things...

[Chris P.]

That one looks very good!!

[Basvarken]

Very nice!

[uwe]

Like mine! Congrats!!! Mine has 80701047 as the serial no, what is yours?

[Chris P.]

And please post the pic below at the 'cats & basses' thread!

[barend]

Very nice bass!

I had a '74 ebony Ripper myself. Sold it. But every time I see one I still have GAS.

Can you post some soundclips? Somehow I still don't have a clue what a typical Ripper sound is. Even though I had one myself.

[uwe]

Depending on one's taste a Ripper is either a very natural sounding or nothing to write home about!   I used to think the latter, but I've slowly come round. If you prefer a bass sound that jumps at you and goes for your throat, other basses will make you happier.

The bass has authoritative lows, audible mids and gentle, but clear treble and presence, yet it favors none of these frequencies, it is very even sounding. It is not a middish grinder like a Grabber or an attack-happy snapper like a G-3 nor a sub-woofing monster like an EB. With its balanced core sound, it is actually pretty versatile (as it was intended to be) and much is down to what amp you use and how you play. You can get a Ripper to growl (like Mel Schacher and Gene Simmons did), have it just sound nice (like Peter Cetera did), have it clank in Ric mode (like Greg Lake did) or have it warm and fuzzy (like Rick Danko with The Band preferred).