Members Bbreaker Posted May 4, 2009 Members Share Posted May 4, 2009 :eek: http://www.maverick-music.com/scripts/vintage-guitars.asp?idproduct=1525 About 20 years ago, before Kramer Neptune, NJ closed it's doors, Kramer had an open to the public weekend sale. Friday was for dealers only and Saturday & Sunday were open to the public. Complete guitars; parts and cases were listed below factory costs. I bought 3 complete guitars and about 6 or 7 bodies (painted Strat & Tele bodies for $35.00 each); necks; hardware and cases to make my own FrankenKramers. I bought my Kramer Steve Ripley for $200.00:cool: Nice to see Maverick has their Ripley for $5K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members r0ck0ut Posted May 4, 2009 Members Share Posted May 4, 2009 I wonder how much they go for now, aren't those pretty rare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricEye Posted May 4, 2009 Members Share Posted May 4, 2009 Dude, I'd have that {censored}er listed for sale, even at half the price! Nice score!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 Pretty dadgum neat guitar. I remember they came out when I was in the fifth grade and I never thought I'd be able to afford one. They were $1600 at the time in Houston. I used to drool over them, but was more interested in the Barettas and Jackson Soloists. I'd be all over one for $200. Just for living out my childhood fantasy. I also used to REALLY want an 83 Ibanez RS1000 which I used to think was the best looking guitar ever... again, back when I was 10-12 years old and I lucked into one of those a couple years ago, so who knows. Stereo-ability aside, what do you think of the Bartolini pickup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 Ah geez. I put MONEY DOWN on a green one in 1987, I think I put a third down or the like and not long after that I lost a job and had to give it up. Frickety frack. I thought it was a really great idea for a guitar, I also had the Roland GR GR-100 hex guitar too: It was a cool system too but different, a more electronic synthy sounding system but still cool. But the idea of the Ripley, at least for me is, I wanted to live the fantasy of having bass sounds on the E and A and distortion on everything else so I could do a crazy power-duo thing with a drummer friend. We did this thing (I might still have a recording) called "Tarantula" (oh boy) that was just guitar and drums and it was me with my old Gibson L6-S into a Electro-Harmonix guitar synth (an early one from around 1981). Now, in retrospect my big guitar-lust for something like this is a Roland GK3 pickup into a VG99, that can do the "guitar/bass at the same time with synth pads" thing in spades. $5000 for a Kramer Ripley! Unreal. I bet Steve Ripley would be amused, I think he plays in a country band now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 Bbreaker: any chance of posting a clip of that thing in stereo panned? Did yours come with a breakout box to divide each output to a separate amp or is it just using a stereo cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funderbunk Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 I actually snagged one of those hex-output Bartolini pups off of eBay a few years ago. Still haven't used it in anything yet, but I think I paid some ridiculously low price, so how could I pass it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pixelchemist Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 bbreaker i'll give you $300 right now! (kidding... but hey can't hurt to offer right... actually yeah at that price it probably can)... very cool guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarmandp Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 I think one of those sold on eBay recently for $1,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted May 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 Bbreaker: any chance of posting a clip of that thing in stereo panned?Did yours come with a breakout box to divide each output to a separate amp or is it just using a stereo cable? Stereo cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=Pennywise=- Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 $200 for a ripley???? I hate you! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 So it's pannable in stereo. A cool little axe definetely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members realtree71 Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 Nice score as usual Lou. Your grandkids Are going to have fun cleaning out your basement someday! lol Hey have some of the oldtimer HCEG's going somewhere else these days? Haven't seen some of the old regulars around here for quite a while? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 I wondered that myself but I ponder if it's just that people are working moreseriously and not taking so many computer breaks for fear they lose that job. I dunno. Another forum somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danzigdan Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 I passed on a Ripley about ten years ago at $800, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcats Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 what do all those knobs do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slave2TheAudio Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 oh my god, no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funderbunk Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 what do all those knobs do? The Ripley has a hex-output humbucker - that is, there is a separate output for each string. Those six knobs arranged in a diagonal are the pan knobs for each strings output - you can pan each string to any position in the stereo field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 That's one of the coolest guitars of the 80s, and I drool whenever I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike-o Posted May 6, 2009 Members Share Posted May 6, 2009 Van Halen's Top Jimmy was recorded with a telecaster that had Ripley electronics, check out that song with a pair of headphones on, very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Greg V Posted July 12, 2020 Members Share Posted July 12, 2020 My buddy has one and is looking for a Bartilonni potentiometer for his. Very,very hard to find that part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aceman893 Posted July 16, 2020 Members Share Posted July 16, 2020 So - has anyone ACTUALLY used one to record anything of interest or note? Just asking. Cool idea, but I have never said "Man - if I could JUST pan these strings differently...." Not saying there are not applications. Just may have never heard one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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