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 Post subject: 2020's last NBD Gibson Grabber G3 Bass Left Handed
PostPosted: December 6th, 2020, 7:11 pm 
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2020 is gonna be remembered by all that's been happening but also by the weird and unusual things that have been popping up, this was one thing I've never expected to see but it's here and it's real. :?
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PostPosted: December 7th, 2020, 5:13 am 
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Talk about a Unicorn! Congrats! BTW What year is the bass?


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PostPosted: December 7th, 2020, 5:34 am 
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I was wondering who got that

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PostPosted: December 7th, 2020, 5:52 am 
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Talk about a Unicorn! Congrats! BTW What year is the bass?

Thanks Bob! It's a 76.


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PostPosted: December 8th, 2020, 12:15 pm 
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Congrats, that is indeed a unicorn. Never have I ever seen such a sight!


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PostPosted: December 8th, 2020, 7:32 pm 
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Congrats, that is indeed a unicorn. Never have I ever seen such a sight!


Thanks Marc! Me either!


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PostPosted: December 9th, 2020, 2:15 am 
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O my, I. wanted one of those when I was a kid. Congratulations. I've enjoyed the pics, such. a rare sight, for me anyway. Love it.

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PostPosted: December 9th, 2020, 12:09 pm 
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:shock: Well I guess the $100,000 question is: Is it real or a custom build?

There was another member here who had a lefty Ripper. Turns out that was a parts bass that was built. So I'd love to hear the story on the one, 'cause thee aren't supposed to exist.


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PostPosted: December 9th, 2020, 7:16 pm 
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pjmuck wrote:
:shock: Well I guess the $100,000 question is: Is it real or a custom build?


Thanks ch willie! This bass is a ton of fun to play and sounds great, I don't understand why they bash it on Talkbass.

There was another member here who had a lefty Ripper. Turns out that was a parts bass that was built. So I'd love to hear the story on the one, 'cause thee aren't supposed to exist.


Wen I received I took it all apart and looked closely and compared to the bodies sold on Reverb, the routing is identical plus the finish on the bass is perfectly aged as much as the rest of the bass. Also the pickguard is exactly the same as the righty ones, 5 ply.
Looks like it's been played and A LOT by a righty and even being lefty he kept it for so many years.
I don't have solid proof but it seems legit to me. Maybe an employee build or a very special "custom order".
Whatever it is, I love it but would like to know the story behind it as well.
Remember the lefty Electra X-610 was also not supposed to exist and I found one :P
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PostPosted: December 9th, 2020, 8:29 pm 
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pjmuck wrote:
:shock: Well I guess the $100,000 question is: Is it real or a custom build?


Thanks ch willie! This bass is a ton of fun to play and sounds great, I don't understand why they bash it on Talkbass.

There was another member here who had a lefty Ripper. Turns out that was a parts bass that was built. So I'd love to hear the story on the one, 'cause thee aren't supposed to exist.


Wen I received I took it all apart and looked closely and compared to the bodies sold on Reverb, the routing is identical plus the finish on the bass is perfectly aged as much as the rest of the bass. Also the pickguard is exactly the same as the righty ones, 5 ply.
Looks like it's been played and A LOT by a righty and even being lefty he kept it for so many years.
I don't have solid proof but it seems legit to me. Maybe an employee build or a very special "custom order".
Whatever it is, I love it but would like to know the story behind it as well.
Remember the lefty Electra X-610 was also not supposed to exist and I found one :P
http://leftybassist.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9185


Awesome! Quite a find.

Here's Stan the Man with his early G3
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PostPosted: December 11th, 2020, 1:51 pm 
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Sick!! Would love to try that out. How do those old Bill Lawrence pickups sound?


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Sick!! Would love to try that out. How do those old Bill Lawrence pickups sound?

They sound awesome, these audio clips gives you an idea. https://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/ ... dclips.php


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PostPosted: December 12th, 2020, 2:45 pm 
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OH. MY. GOD!!! :shock:

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PostPosted: December 13th, 2020, 12:43 am 
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A lot of tonal diversity there! Sounds great!

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I so hope I never see one of those up for sale. I'd have to put my dog's daily food supply in danger.

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PostPosted: December 20th, 2020, 9:26 pm 
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Very unique tones.

It always struck me as odd though (or a missed opportunity, IMO) that, given the fact the bass has 3 PUPs, you only get 3 sounds. You can't solo any of them, can't mix PUPs 1 and 3 only, or in phase/out of phase, serial/parallel option, etc. I know it's taboo to mess with something as rare as this, but I think I'd try some non-destructive way of making the bass more versatile.


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PostPosted: December 22nd, 2020, 7:11 pm 
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pjmuck wrote:
Very unique tones.

It always struck me as odd though (or a missed opportunity, IMO) that, given the fact the bass has 3 PUPs, you only get 3 sounds. You can't solo any of them, can't mix PUPs 1 and 3 only, or in phase/out of phase, serial/parallel option, etc. I know it's taboo to mess with something as rare as this, but I think I'd try some non-destructive way of making the bass more versatile.

I see what you're saying and makes total sense.
Maybe somewhere down the road I would consider doing a reversible mod like that but I still using one setting most of the time. I really like the 3 settings so far but lately I have been using the 3 pickups together (buck and a half) with the tone rolled off half way.


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PostPosted: January 25th, 2021, 6:56 am 
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Wow, man! That's really cool! G3 is my dream bass lol, wish I could find a lefty one. Where did you find that?


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Wow, man! That's really cool! G3 is my dream bass lol, wish I could find a lefty one. Where did you find that?

Thanks!
It popped on Reverb!


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PostPosted: February 9th, 2021, 6:30 pm 
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It's been some good time now since I bought this bass and one thing I've noticed, it has side dots on both sides.
And the lefty dots seems to be added after the neck was done, still they're there after all the righty abuse.
It's harder and harder to say since there's no proof if it's a factory lefty or not but to be realistic I lean towards the possibility that it has a custom built body specially for it.
Regardless, it's a true 70's body and perfectly well made if it's really custom made all I can say is, it kicks ass!
Also, I have a righty 1974 Grabber bass with the sliding pickup, today I've sent it to Michael Dolan as he agreed to build a lefty body and pickguard for it within the next 14 weeks, I can't wait for that one!


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