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This Gibson G3 bass has G3 single-coil pickups, Gibson Grabber bridge, and Schaller BM machine heads.

This is a typical mid 70s maple bass, the body made from three pieces of maple, and a one-piece bolt-on neck. The headstock is scarfed onto the neck, something unusual in Gibson guitars, though a standard feature in Grabber and G3 basses. Along with the scratchplate-mounted electronics and comparitively cheaper bridge, this helped keep the Grabber and G3 prices down in a very competitive time for American bass manufacturers (see the G-3 publicity page for more details on original pricing).

Soundclips from this bass can be heard here: Gibson G3 soundclips