1974 Grabber vs. 1978 Ripper
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2021
- A casual video just me and iPhone 8plus with ‘Jack’ my 1978 L9S Ebony Gibson Ripper and ‘Grabthar’ by 1974 Gibson G1 Grabber.
Playing through my Mesa Boogie Buster 200 head and Gene Benz Focus 410 cabinet.
Unfortunately audio compression kicks in especially when I start playing Grabthar who has some incredibly rich overtones.
And in general my power source was not clean, so my normally quiet amps were kind of annoying.
One of these post Covid days I might do a serious video comparing and contrasting their capabilities- until then you can scroll around my page, find the Morticia videos - or someday see me at a gig or open jam where I’m actually playing real songs.
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Bass Descriptions
‘Grabthar’ - 1974 G1 Grabber
34.5” scale maple neck; bolt-on to a maple body. Modified with a Badass II bridge; strung with DR Pure Blue light gauge strings 49-60-80-100
This bass was refinished by the previous owner with black metallic coat including the headstock to match the later Grabber finish.
Only 219 Grabbers were made in 1974.
www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bas...
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‘Jack’ - 1978 L-9S Ebony Ripper
34.5” scale maple neck with Ebony fingerboard. Set in to a maple body; strings thru body. Modified with a HipShot Super Tone bass bridge.
Strung with Ken Smith Metal Masters Stainless Steel round wound Heavy Gauge .050 - .110
Two ‘Super Humbucking’ pickups - Passive electronics:
- 3 control knobs: Volume / Midrange control / Tone Control
- 4 way selector switch
* Position 1 - both pickups in Series / in phase
* Position 2 - bridge pickup only
* Position 3 - both pickups in Parallel / in phase
* Position 4 - both pickups in series / out of phase
466 Ebony Rippers were made in 1978
www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bas...
1978 Gibson Catalog listing
www.vintageguitarandbass.com/...
Love the 70's Grabber sound. THANKS!!!!
A 1975 Gibson Ripper strung with Gibson Observer flat wounds was my instrument through most of the 1970s. I used the number 2 or 3 positions with scooping the mids by turning the presence control down. That seemed to bring out the best with flat wound strings. BTW, those Gibson Observer flat wounds were great. They were more lively and had lower string tension than just about any other flats. I was grief stricken when they were discontinued. Fond memories.
My Ripper is my baby. Best bass I've ever had. It is such a monster of a bass; all tone all day!
Rippers rule. I own a 78 Ripper in Black too. Great sounding Bass.
Hi Xenia!
I 3as born in April 1974 interesting 50 years coming up
Great bass's 👍
I have the identical Ripper as yours same color and year 78. total beast , love the Ripper.
Wow you have the coolest bass's. I had the grabber years ago . I miss it very much.
I like your review, so thumbs up and I look forward to more from you.
They used Alder wood to make it lighter then back to Maple . My 1983 Grabber is all maple.
Those were both used by Gene Simmons in the early KISS days.
The Grabber reminded me I f the old EB3 LG
Grabber 100% winner for me personally
Thank you for the great video. I just picked up a 76 Ripper (“had to have as well”) someone did horrible things to the electronics, but that just made it easier (fund wise) for me to afford. I’m looking forward to making it more playable. Just wanted to say, cheers great video.
Sad that Gibson can’t/won’t properly reissue probably the best bass series they made
Aww regret watching this in a way, wanna get one now. I actually had an epiphone ripper as a backup to the punisher, I was in a Kiss tribute at the time it was only 299, was all I could afford at the time and surprisingly the punisher became my backup just loved the sound and comfort
Nice different bass video! Seems like I hardly ever see any Gibson basses out there in the usual marketplaces. If so they're usually EB-0 or EB-III models.
Holy crap you are amazing😍
gene simmons played them! September 1974----Late 1975, and he had another gibson in 76 he used once in a blue moon on destroyer tour, and his thunderbird in 77, back up bass