Gibson Ripper rescue

[Nocturnal]

Looks great in the red!!

[wellREDman]

lovely

[dadagoboi]

Beauty!

[Dave W]

That came out very nice.

[Stjofön Big]

Very nice! Now you've given me the idea to paint my black Ripper. Paint it, red, as The Stones almost put it!

[gearHed289]

Looks killer! I never played one plugged in, but they sure feel nice.

[neepheid]

Thanks for all the kind words, folks.

I pointed a proper camera at the Ripper tonight (my trusty old Canon Powershot A40 - 2MP, 13 years old!) and took some no flash shots.  No tripod, so they're slightly blurry but I feel these far more accurately reflect the colour of the finish.

[4stringer77]

Sweet bass! Call him Jack

[Pilgrim]

Sweet bass! Call him Jack

I like it!!   

[dadagoboi]

Beauty!

[Lightyear]

Simply stunning!  I love the red/black color scheme. 

I am curious, though, as to what's going on with the A string?  Missing rear ferrule?

[neepheid]

Simply stunning!  I love the red/black color scheme. 

I am curious, though, as to what's going on with the A string?  Missing rear ferrule?

Nothing so intricate (or annoying) thankfully - simply it's a regular length set of Hartke strings and the A string doesn't have quite the length to go through the body and have enough for a full turn on the tuner capstan on a 2+2 headstock so it's of a mind to slip.  Didn't want to take any chances at the gig so top loaded it for safety.  Will get a super long set of d'Addarios probably, that's what I got for my RD.