"Here's me playing a bunch of notes really fast in no discernible rhythm in a style that's totally inappropriate for this instrument!" -- most RUclips bass demos
I have one in my collection. Its kinda hard to use because of the weight. its my best sounding but i almost never want to gig with it because i spent way too much on it
My favourite sounding bass. Krist Novoselic used one to record the entirety of Nevermind and In Utero, and the tones on those albums are absolutely killer. Almost like if a Jazz bass went through puberty and its voice got deeper! Edit: well, all songs except Polly, which was recorded a year before the other Nevermind tracks on his Ibanez Black Eagle. Point still stands though
Im am not a bass player. But looking at a bass like this and its sound makes me want to play "lounge act" by Nirvana. In a bass. I guess they are expensive like anything with the "gibson" logo.jaj..
The Gibson 1974 Gibson Ripper with all the replacements you did its sounds amazing to my ears. Great job. Hope in the near future Gibson back again to made it
I've always thought these basses were so dang cool. They fit really well in a mix and sound different from common stuff like p basses and stingrays without being too niche to be versatile
Travis Arlow you don’t need to believe anything I say but, I work at a guitar center in New England and I spoke with a Gibson rep and I asked him about the future of Gibson basses. He told me about an idea that’s kickin around but it’s basically a double cut jr shortscale bass.
@@eddypk213 The DC Tributes a great feeling bass, but Jesus Christ the QC on the early ones was piss poor. This is all on one bass: Tuners wonky, off centre truss rod cover, frets not dressed properly on the treble side of the neck, frets levelled but not crowned or polished whatsoever, pick up didn’t have enough foam underneath it to be able to rest your thumb on it, the pick up has nothing between the pickup and the cover, which means overtime the wire connecting the two coils could get damaged by rubbing on the back of the cover, because it’s just a piece of the thin, enamel coated, coil wire. QC card has the ‘fretboard binding’ box ticked, but not the ‘pickguard’ one, dude clearly just took the picture then shoved it in the bag. But, for all those flaws, after a bit of work on the fret dress, it feels and sounds really nice.
I had this bass when i was 16 because Louise Johnson had it. R.I.P Used it forever till it was thrown overboard when I was in the Navy and they cleared out our band room. One day l'll get another one. I loved it. Love your channel dude.
Seriously love seeing an old war horse like this one brought back to life. Gibson made some of the best rock basses ever and they can and should do it again.
Patrick, I almost bought this bass for $400 back in 1987 in Parma Heights, Ohio. It had electrical issues like you had with your 1974 model. When I tried to plug it in the shop said, "No can do" meaning I won't get any sound out of it. He was going to rework the electronics and sell it to me for $479. It was quite steep for me to buy at the time but the absolute beauty of this bass was that it was stripped of it's varnish and it was down to it's natural wood (not a single scratch). Just hearing you play makes me regret never going ahead to buy it and get the electronics reworked and to get the bass revarnished to make it look good as new. Your demonstrating this bass gave me a lot of closure of "What if" after all these years since. Thank You!!!
I've got one too, 1978 beaten and abused , only a scrap of wood with the headstock broken! Lots of glue and TLC and she's growling again! I trying to track down the original pickups, in the meantime she has a pair of Dimarzio Model One and sounds beautiful even with that.. Here in europe is difficult to get the Seymour Duncan replacement pu's too, I'm stil lurking ebay everb\marketplace to track them down! Thank you for the amazing work, you were one of the people with a video you did on it in the past on the ripper that motivate me to save that 40 year old girl from the dump! Keep it going man!!
@Toxic Potato I feel your nuts. That said, it's an acquired taste. That very saturated DG sound is what I've been looking for for these last 15 years. That said, in these videos there were some very powerful fuzzy sounds.
@@mvyper It all depends on the instruments and application. Warwick basses (to my ear) are more passive sounding than Spector basses, although both makers use active pickups and electronics. Ibanez ATK and Stingray basses sound active when compared to Fender and Gibson, but they all use passive pickups. Whatever suits your needs, my man.
@@ValentinTeodorTamas What's funny, is that I've got a Yamaha BBG5A, which is a relatively economic bass, but using a mix of my Alpha Omega Ultra and a totally free TSE BOD plug-in I get an incredibly satisfying sound. I don't even need a ridiculously expensive instrument. 😄
Ed Friedland swapped the "out of phase" option on his for neck pickup only. Particularly love the less spikey, more rounded contours of the older models. If only mine hadn't been stolen in 1978! My first proper bass and I still miss it.
Man. We're like brothers, taste wise. I swear. I watch your channel because your playing style, favourite basses, pick > other styles and tonal choices are all basically identical. Good to see you rippin up that Ripper. I may just do the same with mine. 😁
I have the same model year and finish of ripper. The only modifications to mine is one pot was replaced on 1991 and the pickguard was replaced before it was sold to me on Ebay. Love love love it
Amazing basses, I have a fairly pristene 73. 73 ws the prototype year. they only made 26. They were maple body and a little bigger than the following years.
I just picked up a 1975 Grabber that had been modded with J-style pickups and an active Bartolini preamp for $500 in a small shop in Asheville, NC. Having never played an old Gibson bass, I immediately fell in love with the playability. With the mods, it sounds like an angry Jazz bass on steroids
I owned one of those for a number of years and I can say this about the Gibson Ripper. Seriously GREAT sounds from that bass with those pickups and that 4 position switch but also a serious case of neck dive. As a player you would get tired from spending a good deal of energy holding up the bass. I have always wondered why Gibson never addressed that issue as every player I know that had one complained about it. Other than that, it was a great instrument.
Got mine for $700 like 5 years ago, all original. Deal of a lifetime. Love it since day one. Just got a setup & a set of Elixir strings. Plays amazing.
Thanks for you video, man! It totally restored my confidence that my old Gibson the Ripper, that I bought in '76, will be the beast I want and need once restored. I sort of wrecked it in the past decades, and of course the pups are lost, but still... I ordered some SD's and look forward to playing my old monster again!
Hi Patrick, I watch sometimes your videos, you look very useful with your way to explain your music passion! I think that Gibson tries to stay in the market right now, as every trademark.... But I think that basses like this unique Ripper, will be soon on the market, just because people will need back some rock n' roll! I hope it so much as I live! Except my words, continue to rock in your way, rockers will appreciate your little sacrifices as I do! Hugs my friend! 🤟🏼
I do not own a ripper, but i do own a Gibson G-3 from the 70’s. it got 3 single coils and it does sound great! I usually don’t like Gibson, but I think the 70 basses is good.
Thanks for the review. It really has a good tone and feel. I found one online somewhere in South Africa and it's going for a really grab price. And I am thinking of taking it.
Greg Lake was playing a Ripper all through the 1973-1974 ELP tour that was recorded for the WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS... triple live album. Tremendous bass - it, a Series II Alembic, and a Steinberger are really the only other vintage basses I'd care to have.
I’ve coveted the Gibson ripper until I got a 73 telecaster bass and while I would like to own both I think I like my tele better. It feels like a log around your neck but it’s so versatile and I guess each to their own… awesome slapping btw
Gerald Casale of Devo used one of them in the 70s, but it was quite cut up. He chopped the right side of it completely off and put the knobs on the left side so it was left-handed. If you search Devo live on SNL you'll see it
Although I really loathe Gibson basses of all stripe and color, this one really sounds quite good, actually. The first thing that I would've replaced would've been the bridge. I've played two or three Rippers from this era, and all lacked the clarity of tone that this bass has, so I think that the restoration really does account for most of the improved tone on this.
Agreed, Gibson has a new CEO so we can only pray for a reissue of the Grabber, G-3, and ripper and the thunderbird to go back to the small mini Humbucker. I have a 74 Gibson EB-0 bass and it kicks ass. Hopefully Gibson starts producing the same quality basses as they do guitars
Those Gibson Ripper Bass Guitar are really super hard to find today but I wish Gibson or Epiphone can make this Bass Guitar again but in remastered with new pickups.
I had a Ripper for about a year in the late 70s. I don't know what year it was built. I think it cost me about £180! I had a busy playing style back then, (I'm more sensible and economical now), but my hands are only average-sized so the extra-long scale was too much for me. Also, the pickups needed to be adjusted because each string sounded either quieter or louder than the other three, very uneven! In 1979, I exchanged it for a 1969 Fender Precision. A wise move, and I still have the latter, though its neck warped and I replaced it with a fretless one. Beautiful! I wonder, sometimes, if the Ripper might have been less problematic if I'd had the pickups set up and simplified my playing style...
I bought one in 1975, sold my precision to get it. Ordered it from Gibson so I didn't play one until mine came in, for me it was uncomfortable , the dots on the side of the neck were in pearl so it was hard to see against the maple neck, it had a 4 or 5 pick up selection, I found only two that I liked, I remember the balance of it was weird when standing up. I wish I kept my precision bass.
The bass nobody wanted. I guess when anything becomes old enough it's vintage and desirable by someone. All the gear we thought was crap in the 70s is now hip.
I had one. The E string is thin and has no body or real bottom end. Smashed it in 1982 and bought myself a Fender Precision. What a relief. It is rubish. Not even for a backup bass.
Great video. Great style. Keep up the great work. Can't sign off on Gibson basses. The only things going for them is they look nice and they're an alternative to the other big brands. They sound meh, Play worse and cost more. I'll take a Squire any day.
I love the way Gibson basses sound, but in my experience they aren’t great for slap, I’m sure you could adjust one for it though, but typically they don’t have enough bark
This is very similar tho the first bass I ever played... A friend's neighbor had one. It was the single pickup model. They weigh a ton, sound like a muddy shit and the neck was awful.ah memories.it was great for heavy distortion and was louder than most other passive basses I've played.
I actually found one of these in a bass shop today and played it. The owner completely restored it and put some EMG pick ups in it and it played and sounded absolutely amazing! I’ve never been a vintage Bass guy but I swear this Bass played and sound it’s so damn good! I have the opportunity to get it with the original case for $900. Do you guys think I should jump on that deal before it’s gone ??
I don’t suspect this bass had been in a fire. Gibson used a plastic for the tortoiseshell type pickguards that “off gas” and deteriorates which leads to damage to the finish and metal parts. Hope this helps.
I dig the Ripper bass, mainly because Gene Simmons of KISS made it his own (lol). Probably the best bass concept Gibson came up with back then, too. Swap that shoddy outdated 3-point mess of a bridge out for a tried-and-true Hipshot replacement and get a custom-made Ripper harness for the one that looks like somebody dumped it in salt water and had forgotten about it, that 4-string beast will literally ROAR again!!! >;-)
Can you review the Harley benton enhanced 4eb because no one else will. I know basstheworld reviewed the jazz one but I want a review of the precision one
![Gibson Krist Novoselic RD [Demo]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4Ti_7d-ZDKk/mqdefault.jpg)
It sounds like a behemoth that's going to destroy everything by throwing my grandma's wheelchair around
That's beautiful ❤️
I am now convinced I need to own one. On another note, it's so nice to hear someone demoing a bass who is NOT an absolute slap-happy wanker.
"Here's me playing a bunch of notes really fast in no discernible rhythm in a style that's totally inappropriate for this instrument!" -- most RUclips bass demos
rome8180 Wait................ you shouldn’t slap on a 58 EB2?
@@rome8180 just cuz it mades for rock doesnt mean its limited to it. A good demo shows off multiple genres.
jajajajaja, slap-happy wanker, a lot of those around...
I have one in my collection. Its kinda hard to use because of the weight. its my best sounding but i almost never want to gig with it because i spent way too much on it
My favourite sounding bass. Krist Novoselic used one to record the entirety of Nevermind and In Utero, and the tones on those albums are absolutely killer. Almost like if a Jazz bass went through puberty and its voice got deeper!
Edit: well, all songs except Polly, which was recorded a year before the other Nevermind tracks on his Ibanez Black Eagle. Point still stands though
That last statement is spot on.
Im am not a bass player. But looking at a bass like this and its sound makes me want to play "lounge act" by Nirvana. In a bass. I guess they are expensive like anything with the "gibson" logo.jaj..
@@claudiocruzat8777 I got the Aria Pro II version.. the same electronics and pickups! just japanese !!! really good quality!
He also used it on the Bleach European Tour for some shows
@@tzctlpc Yeah, i think he got his first one sometime in 1990
THIS IS THE SOUND! I've been wanting this throaty, punchy, low-end for so long!
It’s not all the bass
The Gibson 1974 Gibson Ripper with all the replacements you did its sounds amazing to my ears. Great job. Hope in the near future Gibson back again to made it
I bought a new one back in '73. Played jazz gigs with it and a Music man head, Acoustic 2 x 15 cab and an 18" reflex cab. Loved it.
This is the first bass I ever owned. I was damn lucky to have had such a quality bass to learn.
I love that you mentioned Carol Kaye. Shes a horribly underrated bassist featured on a ton of recordings.
Truth was spoken.
Underrated?
How is she underrated?
I've always thought these basses were so dang cool. They fit really well in a mix and sound different from common stuff like p basses and stingrays without being too niche to be versatile
Hopefully we'll see some new Gibson basses in the future with the new CEO
Travis Arlow you don’t need to believe anything I say but, I work at a guitar center in New England and I spoke with a Gibson rep and I asked him about the future of Gibson basses. He told me about an idea that’s kickin around but it’s basically a double cut jr shortscale bass.
Totally agree gibson bass are great. We need more gibson bass!!!
@@eddypk213 you were right, you are the messiah
@@eddypk213 The DC Tributes a great feeling bass, but Jesus Christ the QC on the early ones was piss poor.
This is all on one bass:
Tuners wonky, off centre truss rod cover, frets not dressed properly on the treble side of the neck, frets levelled but not crowned or polished whatsoever, pick up didn’t have enough foam underneath it to be able to rest your thumb on it, the pick up has nothing between the pickup and the cover, which means overtime the wire connecting the two coils could get damaged by rubbing on the back of the cover, because it’s just a piece of the thin, enamel coated, coil wire.
QC card has the ‘fretboard binding’ box ticked, but not the ‘pickguard’ one, dude clearly just took the picture then shoved it in the bag.
But, for all those flaws, after a bit of work on the fret dress, it feels and sounds really nice.
I want an Epiphone thunderbird IV bass but I also want an active Jackson Bass I'm deciding which one should I get.
I had this bass when i was 16 because Louise Johnson had it. R.I.P Used it forever till it was thrown overboard when I was in the Navy and they cleared out our band room. One day l'll get another one. I loved it. Love your channel dude.
Seriously love seeing an old war horse like this one brought back to life. Gibson made some of the best rock basses ever and they can and should do it again.
Patrick, I almost bought this bass for $400 back in 1987 in Parma Heights, Ohio. It had electrical issues like you had with your 1974 model. When I tried to plug it in the shop said, "No can do" meaning I won't get any sound out of it. He was going to rework the electronics and sell it to me for $479. It was quite steep for me to buy at the time but the absolute beauty of this bass was that it was stripped of it's varnish and it was down to it's natural wood (not a single scratch). Just hearing you play makes me regret never going ahead to buy it and get the electronics reworked and to get the bass revarnished to make it look good as new. Your demonstrating this bass gave me a lot of closure of "What if" after all these years since. Thank You!!!
The best bass Gibson ever made!
I've got one too, 1978 beaten and abused , only a scrap of wood with the headstock broken! Lots of glue and TLC and she's growling again! I trying to track down the original pickups, in the meantime she has a pair of Dimarzio Model One and sounds beautiful even with that.. Here in europe is difficult to get the Seymour Duncan replacement pu's too, I'm stil lurking ebay
everb\marketplace to track them down! Thank you for the amazing work, you were one of the people with a video you did on it in the past on the ripper that motivate me to save that 40 year old girl from the dump! Keep it going man!!
Love these ‘70s basses! I’ve got a 1978 G-3 myself. Amazing instrument!
Very nice. Too bad I've been spoiled by all these Nollys and Jacobs playing what it sounds like 6 stringed Dingwall bazookas.
@Toxic Potato I feel your nuts. That said, it's an acquired taste. That very saturated DG sound is what I've been looking for for these last 15 years. That said, in these videos there were some very powerful fuzzy sounds.
@@mvyper It all depends on the instruments and application.
Warwick basses (to my ear) are more passive sounding than Spector basses, although both makers use active pickups and electronics.
Ibanez ATK and Stingray basses sound active when compared to Fender and Gibson, but they all use passive pickups.
Whatever suits your needs, my man.
@@ValentinTeodorTamas What's funny, is that I've got a Yamaha BBG5A, which is a relatively economic bass, but using a mix of my Alpha Omega Ultra and a totally free TSE BOD plug-in I get an incredibly satisfying sound. I don't even need a ridiculously expensive instrument. 😄
Ed Friedland swapped the "out of phase" option on his for neck pickup only. Particularly love the less spikey, more rounded contours of the older models. If only mine hadn't been stolen in 1978! My first proper bass and I still miss it.
Man. We're like brothers, taste wise. I swear. I watch your channel because your playing style, favourite basses, pick > other styles and tonal choices are all basically identical.
Good to see you rippin up that Ripper. I may just do the same with mine. 😁
I have the same model year and finish of ripper. The only modifications to mine is one pot was replaced on 1991 and the pickguard was replaced before it was sold to me on Ebay. Love love love it
Amazing basses, I have a fairly pristene 73. 73 ws the prototype year. they only made 26. They were maple body and a little bigger than the following years.
Please upload the bass audio heck you talking about the ripper is just beautiful to listen to love it!
omg that's such a nice story
I just picked up a 1975 Grabber that had been modded with J-style pickups and an active Bartolini preamp for $500 in a small shop in Asheville, NC. Having never played an old Gibson bass, I immediately fell in love with the playability. With the mods, it sounds like an angry Jazz bass on steroids
I owned one of those for a number of years and I can say this about the Gibson Ripper. Seriously GREAT sounds from that bass with those pickups and that 4 position switch but also a serious case of neck dive. As a player you would get tired from spending a good deal of energy holding up the bass. I have always wondered why Gibson never addressed that issue as every player I know that had one complained about it. Other than that, it was a great instrument.
My favorite bass of all time. I've never owned an original, but am the proud owner of a great Kimbara copy of it.
Got mine for $700 like 5 years ago, all original. Deal of a lifetime. Love it since day one. Just got a setup & a set of Elixir strings. Plays amazing.
Thanks for you video, man! It totally restored my confidence that my old Gibson the Ripper, that I bought in '76, will be the beast I want and need once restored. I sort of wrecked it in the past decades, and of course the pups are lost, but still... I ordered some SD's and look forward to playing my old monster again!
one of my favorite basses, i want this bass so much!
Hi Patrick, I watch sometimes your videos, you look very useful with your way to explain your music passion! I think that Gibson tries to stay in the market right now, as every trademark.... But I think that basses like this unique Ripper, will be soon on the market, just because people will need back some rock n' roll! I hope it so much as I live! Except my words, continue to rock in your way, rockers will appreciate your little sacrifices as I do! Hugs my friend! 🤟🏼
I do not own a ripper, but i do own a Gibson G-3 from the 70’s. it got 3 single coils and it does sound great! I usually don’t like Gibson, but I think the 70 basses is good.
Such a sick bass!! I love those pickup selection options are really cool!
That bass sounds good
Thanks for the review. It really has a good tone and feel. I found one online somewhere in South Africa and it's going for a really grab price. And I am thinking of taking it.
I read somewhere that the Gibson Ripper was the bass that Greg Lake used on Brain Salad Surgery.
I played a ripper at a local store, it was amazing!!
Greg Lake was playing a Ripper all through the 1973-1974 ELP tour that was recorded for the WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS... triple live album. Tremendous bass - it, a Series II Alembic, and a Steinberger are really the only other vintage basses I'd care to have.
I’ve coveted the Gibson ripper until I got a 73 telecaster bass and while I would like to own both I think I like my tele better. It feels like a log around your neck but it’s so versatile and I guess each to their own… awesome slapping btw
Gerald Casale of Devo used one of them in the 70s, but it was quite cut up. He chopped the right side of it completely off and put the knobs on the left side so it was left-handed. If you search Devo live on SNL you'll see it
The bass player from Cloakroom rock's one of these!
Although I really loathe Gibson basses of all stripe and color, this one really sounds quite good, actually. The first thing that I would've replaced would've been the bridge. I've played two or three Rippers from this era, and all lacked the clarity of tone that this bass has, so I think that the restoration really does account for most of the improved tone on this.
Really cool bass got so much charector and good tone
Great video!
Does sound great! (looks like water damage on the bridge part of the wood)
Awesome bass Patrick!
Agreed, Gibson has a new CEO so we can only pray for a reissue of the Grabber, G-3, and ripper and the thunderbird to go back to the small mini Humbucker. I have a 74 Gibson EB-0 bass and it kicks ass. Hopefully Gibson starts producing the same quality basses as they do guitars
My first bass was a 1973 Gibson Ripper. Looked like that, but had a chrome guard.
I have a 1982 Gibson Ripper L9 Bass, what a lovely bass to play on! And the sound... Jesus!! :-D
Those Gibson Ripper Bass Guitar are really super hard to find today but I wish Gibson or Epiphone can make this Bass Guitar again but in remastered with new pickups.
Great bass and great t-shirt
Rick Danko!! Nice playing man
I had a Ripper for about a year in the late 70s. I don't know what year it was built. I think it cost me about £180! I had a busy playing style back then, (I'm more sensible and economical now), but my hands are only average-sized so the extra-long scale was too much for me.
Also, the pickups needed to be adjusted because each string sounded either quieter or louder than the other three, very uneven!
In 1979, I exchanged it for a 1969 Fender Precision. A wise move, and I still have the latter, though its neck warped and I replaced it with a fretless one. Beautiful!
I wonder, sometimes, if the Ripper might have been less problematic if I'd had the pickups set up and simplified my playing style...
It sounds like a combo of a P bass and a Stingray?! Amazing.
I bought one in 1975, sold my precision to get it. Ordered it from Gibson so I didn't play one until mine came in, for me it was uncomfortable , the dots on the side of the neck were in pearl so it was hard to see against the maple neck, it had a 4 or 5 pick up selection, I found only two that I liked, I remember the balance of it was weird when standing up. I wish I kept my precision bass.
Great review!
The growl sounds like a warwick and a music man bass made a baby. Pretty cool
Great demo, thanks!
I have a early 1974 grabber all original sat under someone bed for 40 years in northern California. I paid 1k for it. Its amazing.
How did you compensate for the uneven/ higher saddles w the A/D strings? Like the Ripper/ Grabbers.
Gene Simmons is playing a Gibson Grabber (black,) on the Kiss Alive I album.
The bass nobody wanted. I guess when anything becomes old enough it's vintage and desirable by someone. All the gear we thought was crap in the 70s is now hip.
Anthony you couldnt said it better. Nostalgia. But rest assure that 2015 0r 2018 les pauls wont be remembered.
When i first saw this bass last year on my first year playing, I wanted it BAD
I get ur point but that sound is not crap
As much as I like this bass Gibson EB-O is my dream bass for Jack Bruce tone on the Cream records.
I had one. The E string is thin and has no body or real bottom end. Smashed it in 1982 and bought myself a Fender Precision. What a relief.
It is rubish. Not even for a backup bass.
I remember those...
Great work man, love my Grabber.
Love the tone, but my back hurts even looking at it! ;)
Great video. Great style. Keep up the great work. Can't sign off on Gibson basses. The only things going for them is they look nice and they're an alternative to the other big brands. They sound meh, Play worse and cost more. I'll take a Squire any day.
Have you seen/ tried Serek basses? Particularly the Ripper influenced Lincoln? A review of that would be cool!
Awesome! those Ripper really rocks
I had one. I miss it.
HATE the 3 point bridge, I'm glad I'm not alone!
My man!
I love it. It's so deep and throaty. Punch for days
Great bass!
Gibsons basses are so underrated...
Sounds good!👍
Could you do a demo for a Grabber please? you're great!
Cool bass! I like it... and it´s same age as me :)
Great T-shirt!
I really like this first lil bassline.. Any tab (dont have to be note for note) for a beginner like me so I practice it ?
Thanks a lot now I want one ! : )
Good job! Nice Demo :D
I love the way Gibson basses sound, but in my experience they aren’t great for slap, I’m sure you could adjust one for it though, but typically they don’t have enough bark
This is very similar tho the first bass I ever played... A friend's neighbor had one. It was the single pickup model. They weigh a ton, sound like a muddy shit and the neck was awful.ah memories.it was great for heavy distortion and was louder than most other passive basses I've played.
I had one years ago but couldn't get on with the size and weight so swapped it for a pbass.
Some Famous Ripper players in the day, Greg Lake, Gene Simmons
In your opinion which are the most suitable strings for this bass? The fretboard is a little noisy!
I actually found one of these in a bass shop today and played it. The owner completely restored it and put some EMG pick ups in it and it played and sounded absolutely amazing! I’ve never been a vintage Bass guy but I swear this Bass played and sound it’s so damn good! I have the opportunity to get it with the original case for $900. Do you guys think I should jump on that deal before it’s gone ??
Did you buy it?
God I hope you bought it
What's the difference between the Ripper and the Grabber? I have a fretless one in storage. It's fun but weighs a ton.
I'd immediately sell every bit of my fucking Soul for a Guitar Version of this one.
I don’t suspect this bass had been in a fire. Gibson used a plastic for the tortoiseshell type pickguards that “off gas” and deteriorates which leads to damage to the finish and metal parts. Hope this helps.
Patrick is one cool cat. He rocks. 👍😎
I dig the Ripper bass, mainly because Gene Simmons of KISS made it his own (lol). Probably the best bass concept Gibson came up with back then, too. Swap that shoddy outdated 3-point mess of a bridge out for a tried-and-true Hipshot replacement and get a custom-made Ripper harness for the one that looks like somebody dumped it in salt water and had forgotten about it, that 4-string beast will literally ROAR again!!!
>;-)
Gibson ripper THE BIG SOUND.
Sounds great 👍 Add a Turbo Rat on these Nirvana lines 😁
I dig it.
I have the Rickenbacker, I have the Jazz Bass, I have the P- bass……. Now I NEED the Ripper!
Awww! No mention of Greg Lake? Nice demo all the same.
Can you review the Harley benton enhanced 4eb because no one else will. I know basstheworld reviewed the jazz one but I want a review of the precision one
how does the output compare to a P bass? similar volume?