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1977 Gibson Fretless Ripper
1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass, walnut finish

Solid alder body, set three piece maple neck with ebony fretless fingerboard. 34 1/2 inch scale.

1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Body detail 1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Body detail - humbucker pickup 1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Body detail - bridge cover 1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Body detail - volume and tone, and midrange speed knobs, input jack 1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Body detail - headstock with Gibson transfer
1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Body detail 1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Body detail 1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Body detail - note the plastic spacers beneath the bridge cover 1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Transfer serial number. 1977 Gibson Fretless Ripperbass. Body detail

The bass pictured has Ripper humbucking pickups, Gibson 3-point chrome bridge, and Schaller BM machine heads.

Soundclips were recorded on a 1977 alder bodied Ripper with Labella flat wound strings (760FL), plugged directly into a mobilePre preamp.

  • Postion 1. Activate both pickups in a series in phase configuration. (Series wiring achieves a bit more "bite" than might otherwise be obtained.)
    soundclip - position 1 tone - 10, midrange -10 played with pick
  • Position 2. Activates back pickup only for a maximum treble response.
    soundclip - position 2 tone - 0, midrange -0 played fingerstyle (bassline is based on Truth Will Out by True Element
  • Positon 3. Activates both pickups in an in phase, parallel wiring configuration. ("Parallel" resulting in more bottom end response.)
    soundclip - position 3 tone - 5, midrange -5 played with pick
  • Position 4. Activates both pickups in series, out of phase for a very funky, dirty type tonality.
    soundclip - position 4 tone - 10, midrange -10 fingerstyle | soundclip - position 4 tone - 10, midrange -0 played fingerstyle (bassline is based on Natural Selection by True Element)

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