Recent Ripping on a Ripper

Started by SKATE RAT, January 13, 2014, 04:15:55 PM

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SKATE RAT

#15
January 14, 2014, 03:29:30 PM
i love how at 41 years old you guys still consider me a kid.  8)
'72 GIBSON SB-450, '74 UNIVOX HIGHFLYER, '75 FENDER P-BASS, '76 ARIA 4001, '76 GIBSON RIPPER, '77 GIBSON G-3, '78 GUILD B-301, '79 VANTAGE FLYING V BASS, '80's HONDO PROFESSIONAL II, '80's IBANEZ ROADSTAR II, '92 GIBSON LPB-1, 'XX WAR BASS, LTD VIPER 104, '01 GIBSON SG SPECIAL, RAT FUZZ AND TUBES

gweimer

#16
January 14, 2014, 03:30:35 PM
Quote from: SKATE RAT on January 14, 2014, 03:29:30 PM
i love how at 41 years old you guys still consider me a kid.  8)

LOL!  From my point of view, most of y'all are still whelps.   8)
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

SKATE RAT

#17
January 14, 2014, 03:32:00 PM
from that photo it looks like a DiMarzio model 1
'72 GIBSON SB-450, '74 UNIVOX HIGHFLYER, '75 FENDER P-BASS, '76 ARIA 4001, '76 GIBSON RIPPER, '77 GIBSON G-3, '78 GUILD B-301, '79 VANTAGE FLYING V BASS, '80's HONDO PROFESSIONAL II, '80's IBANEZ ROADSTAR II, '92 GIBSON LPB-1, 'XX WAR BASS, LTD VIPER 104, '01 GIBSON SG SPECIAL, RAT FUZZ AND TUBES

SKATE RAT

#18
January 14, 2014, 04:07:04 PM
well since you guys dig that photo.... here's some more


'72 GIBSON SB-450, '74 UNIVOX HIGHFLYER, '75 FENDER P-BASS, '76 ARIA 4001, '76 GIBSON RIPPER, '77 GIBSON G-3, '78 GUILD B-301, '79 VANTAGE FLYING V BASS, '80's HONDO PROFESSIONAL II, '80's IBANEZ ROADSTAR II, '92 GIBSON LPB-1, 'XX WAR BASS, LTD VIPER 104, '01 GIBSON SG SPECIAL, RAT FUZZ AND TUBES

Dave W

#19
January 14, 2014, 04:08:40 PM
AFAIK it was a black cover Gibson mudbucker.

FrankieTbird

#20
January 14, 2014, 05:00:05 PM

Great pics!  What venue were you playing at?

Granny Gremlin

#21
January 14, 2014, 05:47:20 PM
Nice (ima gonna guess) Traynor amp head (looks kinda  like a  Custom Special with no badge, more knobs and Garnet style silk screening.  Only seen that colour 'grille' cloth on Traynors and Musicmans though it coulda been replaced).
Quote from: uwe on April 17, 2014, 03:19:20 PM
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (drummer and bassist of Deep Purple, Jake!)

SKATE RAT

#22
January 14, 2014, 10:01:19 PM
yes Traynor but not a "custom special" it's a YGL-3A actually a guitard head. not great for guitar but kills with the bass. the 2nd and 3rd pics were at St. Vitus a really cool metal bar here in Brooklyn and the 1st was at Fat Baby in NYC
'72 GIBSON SB-450, '74 UNIVOX HIGHFLYER, '75 FENDER P-BASS, '76 ARIA 4001, '76 GIBSON RIPPER, '77 GIBSON G-3, '78 GUILD B-301, '79 VANTAGE FLYING V BASS, '80's HONDO PROFESSIONAL II, '80's IBANEZ ROADSTAR II, '92 GIBSON LPB-1, 'XX WAR BASS, LTD VIPER 104, '01 GIBSON SG SPECIAL, RAT FUZZ AND TUBES

SKATE RAT

#23
January 14, 2014, 10:04:43 PM
also i took the badge off to keep it secret. the guitar player did the same to his Bogner,
'72 GIBSON SB-450, '74 UNIVOX HIGHFLYER, '75 FENDER P-BASS, '76 ARIA 4001, '76 GIBSON RIPPER, '77 GIBSON G-3, '78 GUILD B-301, '79 VANTAGE FLYING V BASS, '80's HONDO PROFESSIONAL II, '80's IBANEZ ROADSTAR II, '92 GIBSON LPB-1, 'XX WAR BASS, LTD VIPER 104, '01 GIBSON SG SPECIAL, RAT FUZZ AND TUBES

FrankieTbird

#24
January 14, 2014, 11:23:16 PM
Quote from: SKATE RAT on January 14, 2014, 10:01:19 PM
the 2nd and 3rd pics were at St. Vitus a really cool metal bar here in Brooklyn and the 1st was at Fat Baby in NYC


Fat Baby?  Is that a newer bar?  I been away from NYC for about 5 years now.  I just looked it up and saw that it's on Rivington.  Is that area cleaned up now?  It used to be that "Avenue A you might survive, but on Rivington you're gonna die..."

SKATE RAT

#25
January 15, 2014, 01:56:57 PM
yes sadly they did clean up that area, but it was never that bad to begin with. i don't know much about that place. the time we played was my only time there. place was meh. but we played that gig with Pure Hell (the first all black punk band from the 70's) which was cool, especially since my band had a black punk singer so it really meant alot to him.
'72 GIBSON SB-450, '74 UNIVOX HIGHFLYER, '75 FENDER P-BASS, '76 ARIA 4001, '76 GIBSON RIPPER, '77 GIBSON G-3, '78 GUILD B-301, '79 VANTAGE FLYING V BASS, '80's HONDO PROFESSIONAL II, '80's IBANEZ ROADSTAR II, '92 GIBSON LPB-1, 'XX WAR BASS, LTD VIPER 104, '01 GIBSON SG SPECIAL, RAT FUZZ AND TUBES

doombass

#26
January 15, 2014, 06:11:29 PM Last Edit: January 15, 2014, 06:19:28 PM by doombass
Quote from: gweimer on January 14, 2014, 03:24:48 PM
...THUD...

Part of the original Grand Funk Railroad sound was the combination of Mel Schacher's Fender bass with the Guild Humbucker added and the West amps he played through.  Kids....sheesh.   :mrgreen:



I may be wrong, however.  I was under the impression that it was the Guild pickup he used, but it could be a Gibson.  I need an expert here.

He used a Gibson chrome (or nickel?) Mudbucker. Gary's photo is pre mod (original Jazz Bass pup). IIRC he modified it after the recording of the second self titled album.

SKATE RAT

#27
January 15, 2014, 08:13:34 PM
better shirt too.
'72 GIBSON SB-450, '74 UNIVOX HIGHFLYER, '75 FENDER P-BASS, '76 ARIA 4001, '76 GIBSON RIPPER, '77 GIBSON G-3, '78 GUILD B-301, '79 VANTAGE FLYING V BASS, '80's HONDO PROFESSIONAL II, '80's IBANEZ ROADSTAR II, '92 GIBSON LPB-1, 'XX WAR BASS, LTD VIPER 104, '01 GIBSON SG SPECIAL, RAT FUZZ AND TUBES

uwe

#28
January 16, 2014, 06:54:46 AM
Quote from: SKATE RAT on January 14, 2014, 03:18:24 PM
who or what is Mel Schacher?

They learn nothing at school this day and age.  :-\
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Dave W

#29
January 16, 2014, 10:45:19 AM
Quote from: uwe on January 16, 2014, 06:54:46 AM
They learn nothing at school this day and age.  :-\

GFRR's heyday was 1970-75. I can't fault anyone in the +/- 40 age group for not knowing the details of a long gone band. Even bassists.
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