Members Muddslide Posted August 28, 2011 Members Share Posted August 28, 2011 This bass is in great shape. Epiphone reissued the Ripper bass in the late 90s for a couple of years. Those original reissues had a single pickup which I think is the same one Epi uses on their Thunderbird basses. Then, from 2006-2008 they reissued the Ripper again with a P/J pickup configuration. No longer in production, the L.E. Ripper is quite a different animal from the original Gibson Rippers. Bolt-on neck, different pickups, but it is a great bass in its own right. This bass is really fat and has a great low end but also good definition; not muddy. Good P/J tonal variety. Sounds fatter than a lot of P/J basses, I think because the pickups are a little closer to the neck than they are on Fenders and Fender-style basses. Most of these were natural finished. the black is more rare. I believe the body is maple, which mitigates the low end with some brightness. Very cool instrument, solid as a rock and not something you see every day. A nice change of pace from the ocean of Ps and Js out there. I am not really interested in trades at this time, and would prefer to find a local seller (Portland, Oregon area.) I might consider a trade for a decent, fairly high-wattage combo amp or something, but am not interested in any other basses or guitars or gear at this time. Asking $300--you pay shipping. Will entertain offers. Thanks for looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted September 17, 2011 Author Members Share Posted September 17, 2011 ...aaaaand, SOLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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