The Gibson L9-S Ripper is a model of electric bass guitar made by Gibson Guitar Corporation. The Ripper was manufactured from 1973 until 1983; the peak year being 1976. Most had a maple body with laminated maple neck, however a significant number manufactured in 75-76 had lighter alder bodies while retaining the maple neck.

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  • The Gibson L9-S Ripper is a model of electric bass guitar made by Gibson Guitar Corporation. The Ripper was manufactured from 1973 until 1983; the peak year being 1976. Most had a maple body with laminated maple neck, however a significant number manufactured in 75-76 had lighter alder bodies while retaining the maple neck. The later models of 1976 and on featured a different routing in the body for the wires, and the pickups were screwed in by three posts as opposed to the old two-post variation. These models also featured an edgier, and slimmer body, with more beveling and contours around the horns of the bass. The new look was geared towards heavier music that was gaining popularity under the ending decade. It came in three colors: natural, sunburst, and black over the 10 years it was made. All models featured a black pickguard and headstock. They were equipped with two humbucking pickups - designed especially for the Ripper by Bill Lawrence which were called "Super Humbuckers", and a four way pickup selector control; a familiar Gibson feature from the older Gibson EB-3 bass. There was also a fretless version of the Ripper - identical in all respects (fretboard aside). The original Gibson model is now rare and has seen significant inflation in value recently; however a cheaper Epiphone model was still in production for a few short years, it was featured with two single coil pickups rather than Gibson's Super Humbuckers. But Gibson's new "Limited Run Series" has brought the Ripper back beginning in 2009. The new Rippers features are not exact to the original. The older Rippers did not have a brass nut, they were all string-thru models, and the Super Humbuckers were wired differently. Now, the new Rippers feature two volume knobs, and one master tone (a feature seen on newer Gibson and Epiphone basses such as the Viola, EB-0/3, Thunderbird, and Les Paul). Original Rippers had one master volume, a mid-range booster/negater, and a treble roll-off knob. The chicken switch on the originals had the options of: 1 "in phase — series" 2 "bridge only — single" 3 "in phase — parallel" 4 "out of phase — series". The new Rippers only feature a three-way chicken switch, which is said to be wired as "Single-coil/split-coil", which may yield similar, though more modern results. The Ripper is "cousin" to the Gibson Grabber (G-1) and Gibson G-3 models also manufactured by Gibson around the same time. The three are vintage in today's world, though the "Grabber II" and "Ripper II" are being released for Gibson's "Limited Run Series". The Grabber II came back in January 2009 for the opening of the series, along with the "Holy Explorer".
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  • Solid
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  • Fixed
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  • natural, ebony, sunburst
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  • Set
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  • 1973-1983, 2009
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  • Gibson Ripper
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  • Maple (1973-75, 1977-1983) or Alder (1975-1977)
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  • Ebony or Maple
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  • Maple
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  • The Gibson L9-S Ripper is a model of electric bass guitar made by Gibson Guitar Corporation. The Ripper was manufactured from 1973 until 1983; the peak year being 1976. Most had a maple body with laminated maple neck, however a significant number manufactured in 75-76 had lighter alder bodies while retaining the maple neck.
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  • Gibson Ripper
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