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uwe

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Ripper II
« on: August 03, 2009, 04:17:18 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


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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2009, 04:29:50 AM »
That six way dial does make sense.
They should've done that with the orginal Ripper too...
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2009, 04:32:10 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
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2009, 05:34:17 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
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2009, 07:06:04 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.
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2009, 07:39:40 AM »
If only it were made out of multicolor birch plies...  :P
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2009, 07:45:25 AM »
That would be the icing on top. Together with a two point Tiltmaster bridge.
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2009, 08:06:30 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.
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2009, 11:02:29 AM »
Return of the mighty volute, don't you just love it!  :mrgreen:

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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2009, 11:29:09 AM »
a nod to the past, no doubt.  some 'traditions' are hard to break away from...
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2009, 11:30:44 AM »
... or snap off.
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2009, 11:40:48 AM »
Yep, I think the volute was a both clever and aesthetic way of improving the most fragile part of a neck with angled headstock.
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2009, 02:53:18 PM »
Warwick does it to this day. Funnily enough, Gibson never did it with that most fragile of necks: the TBird one.
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2009, 12:31:40 AM »
And I thought that volute is some kind of sex toy.
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Re: Ripper II
« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2009, 12:46:01 AM »
Nevertheless I managed to break one:

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