Ripper II

uwe · August 03, 2009, 05:17:18 AM

The detailed description is now on the Gibson site, Seymour Duncan custom pups and all kinds of fancy coil and pup combinations via the 6 pos varitone, not your father's Ripper then:

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Bass/Gibson-USA/Ripper-Bass.aspx

Basvarken · August 03, 2009, 05:29:50 AM

That six way dial does make sense.
They should've done that with the orginal Ripper too...

ramone57 · August 03, 2009, 05:32:10 AM

the new 6 position switch sounds more useful than the original, for sure. somehow the rosewood fingerboard looks a little wrong.
I wonder how many will sell?

$3,608
MSRP as Shown

EvilLordJuju · August 03, 2009, 06:34:17 AM

Yeah, I was reading that a couple days back. Certainly looks a lot better than the Grabber 2... I'm keen to try one of these. Not 3K keen, but keen none the less

uwe · August 03, 2009, 08:06:04 AM

We all know the street price is going to be different. There is very little reason why the Ripper II should cost a LOT more than what the Grabber II ended up costing. Current MSRP of the Ripper II is only 300 bucks ahead of the Grabber II's MSRP and those sold at a fraction of that price.

Dave W · August 03, 2009, 08:39:40 AM

If only it were made out of multicolor birch plies...

uwe · August 03, 2009, 08:45:25 AM

That would be the icing on top. Together with a two point Tiltmaster bridge.

barend · August 03, 2009, 09:06:30 AM

looks nice. But this bass has not much do with original Ripper. The rosewood fingerboard does look strange with the maple body.

The 6-way switch however is more useful than the 4-way switch on the original one. That one has only two usable sounds. But I think this new Ripper will sound good (and maybe better) but it will be a different sound than the old one.

Still curious how it will sound and feel.

What I don't understand is when they make a new version with all these 'improvements' why not put another fully adjustable bridge on it? I don't see the use/advantage for the 3 point (or 2 point bridge for that matter) bridge.

uwe · August 03, 2009, 12:02:29 PM

Return of the mighty volute, don't you just love it!

ramone57 · August 03, 2009, 12:29:09 PM

a nod to the past, no doubt. some 'traditions' are hard to break away from...

Dave W · August 03, 2009, 12:30:44 PM

... or snap off.

Basvarken · August 03, 2009, 12:40:48 PM

Yep, I think the volute was a both clever and aesthetic way of improving the most fragile part of a neck with angled headstock.

uwe · August 03, 2009, 03:53:18 PM

Warwick does it to this day. Funnily enough, Gibson never did it with that most fragile of necks: the TBird one.

exiledarchangel · August 04, 2009, 01:31:40 AM

And I thought that volute is some kind of sex toy.

doombass · August 04, 2009, 01:46:01 AM

Nevertheless I managed to break one:

Ripper II

barend