Bought a Grabber

Hornisse · June 22, 2009, 06:10:54 PM

Probably paid a bit too much but I wanted another one after selling my old one several years ago. Can anyone guess why I may have paid a bit more for it?

(Uwe will know)

Dave W · June 22, 2009, 08:15:26 PM

Uwe sold you one from his collection?

Celebrity owned?

Cleberity lawyer owned?

godofthunder · June 22, 2009, 08:25:17 PM

Skunk strip.

Dave W · June 22, 2009, 08:35:24 PM

D'oh! It was staring me in the face!

Hornisse · June 22, 2009, 08:39:49 PM

Quote from: godofthunder on June 22, 2009, 08:25:17 PM
Skunk strip.

We have a winner! Uwe does have one of these but his is Pelham Blue with a black finished neck. The skunk stripe Grabbers are pretty rare. I've only seen 2 in person and both were mine. They have a cool straight headstock with a F#nder type nut and adjustment screw under the truss rod cover. Here is a photo of my old one's headstock.

And here is a photo of a famous user.

Chris P. · June 22, 2009, 11:40:24 PM

Nice!
And nice you have the guts to post a Kiss pic.

uwe · June 23, 2009, 03:41:47 AM

I didn't really know that the skunk stripes were more desirable, but they are certainly rare, you don't see a lot of them. Congrats!

Hornisse · June 23, 2009, 04:21:36 PM

I just like the look of the skunk stripes. Plus they seem more stable than the 2 piece scarf joint necks on the typical Grabbers. That pic of Gene was from the original booklet that came with the Kiss Alive LP.

uwe · June 24, 2009, 03:34:55 AM

I didn't know the skunkies did not have a scarfed neck? I can't tell on mine because the neck is black-finned with just a little worn off in the middle to reveal the stripe. Makes sense though from the neck/headstock construction, I just never gave it a real thought. Thanks for elucidating!

Rhythm N. Bliss · June 24, 2009, 07:03:07 AM

Congrats Hornet!

Hornisse · June 24, 2009, 09:14:12 AM

One piece neck just like on those, uh, what are they called.......Fender Basses!

I wrote a letter to Vintage Guitar Magazine's "Ask Gruhn" back around 2000 or so and he and Walter Carter had not ever heard of such a beast. They wanted me to send better photo's to them but I don' think I was able to do so because of my ancient camera. I really need to get a better one someday....

uwe · June 24, 2009, 09:50:15 AM

Quote from: Hornisse on June 24, 2009, 09:14:12 AM
One piece neck just like on those, uh, what are they called.......Fender Basses!

Thanks for rubbing it in!