Gibson Ripper rescue

[Denis]

My apologies: I have forgotten to measure out the text for you!

[neepheid]

My apologies: I have forgotten to measure out the text for you!

No worries, I've still to receive my TRC and my waterslide paper so no rush

[Barklessdog]

I would be one to vote for new pickups. I would check out a Ripper if you have not already. The pickups were OK , but certainly nothing to die for. Kind of anemic, but versatile pickups. The great thing about the Ripper for me was its wonderful neck.

[neepheid]

I would be one to vote for new pickups. I would check out a Ripper if you have not already. The pickups were OK , but certainly nothing to die for. Kind of anemic, but versatile pickups. The great thing about the Ripper for me was its wonderful neck.

I hear what you're saying, but my mind is made up that apart from a few minor tweaks (period incorrect pickguard because I dislike single ply, and the neck only wiring mod) it's going to be a Ripper first and foremost, rather than some other guts in a Ripper's body.

It sounds pretty damn nice and beefy in this clip:

[Denis]

Then there's this guy who's posted lots of bass covers on YouTube, using only a '76 Ripper. It's a great sounding bass.

[jumbodbassman]

I would be one to vote for new pickups. I would check out a Ripper if you have not already. The pickups were OK , but certainly nothing to die for. Kind of anemic, but versatile pickups. The great thing about the Ripper for me was its wonderful neck.

i had Curtis Novak build me some bisonics insuide the covers and then sound great.  But i hear you on the staying origianl.  IIRC SD makes these pups now

[neepheid]

Now normally I don't like lashings of chrome on things, but sometimes it's just required

[Dave W]

I can certainly understand you wanting to keep it as true to original as possible. Not that there's anything wrong with replacement pickups but your whole idea is to rescue a Ripper, not make it into something else.

[Denis]

I think it should be mentioned that the SD Ripper pickups are the early 2-screw pups, not the later 3-screw versions.

[nofi]

maybe its my ears but factory pickups are always good enough for me. why people buy a t bird or usa fender and drop in expensive after market pick ups is something i don't get. different strokes...

[Highlander]

I can understand a modern T'Bird owner wanting to try and (inexpensively?) recreate the sound of a 60's 'Bird, knowing they could not afford the cost or the "risk" of owning one and waiting for the inevitable to occur...

Out of curiosity, when was the last time Gibson produced a T II ...?

[neepheid]

Right now I'm waiting for stuff to arrive from the States.  Drumming my fingers a bit because it's quite exciting stuff as far as project progress goes:

Pickguard and screws
Machine heads (yup, the weirdos)
a pickup and the ferrules for the aforementioned machine heads

And waiting for stuff right here too (we had what is known here as a "Bank Holiday" on Monday - no post - so that will have knocked everything to hell)

TRC
White laser waterslide paper
Chicken head knob
Pots

Got some house and car related expenditure coming up this month so that's about all the parts acquisition I can handle this month.  Will get lacquer for refinish next month.

[Denis]

I wonder if I could get a local sign shop or placard maker to etch names into TRCs. Hmm...

[Chris P.]

There are shops who make signs for companies and homes. I guess they can do that.

[drbassman]

I wonder if I could get a local sign shop or placard maker to etch names into TRCs. Hmm...

Scott knows how this is done and has a source here. Probably you could find one locally.