11/10/2022 0 Comments Gibson grabber![]() ![]() This finish has the disadvantage of collecting grubby fingermarks, though they wash off easily, and the advantage that it does not reflect glare from theatre lighting. Like the neck, it has a fine satin finish which is more uniform than one can normally expect from satin lacquers and I suspect it may have been finished with wire-wool. The body is made from selected poplar and is contoured front and back for comfort. I am pleased to say that the instrument arrived adjusted for a reasonable action and exact string intonation. Neck width at nut is 41mm/2⅝", 1mm wider than a modern Precision Bass. The string length is conventional long, or extra long - scale at 870mm/34¼". To be fair, they may not be the original strings but they were supplied on the review sample. ![]() It is not a criticism of the frets to say that they are unable to withstand the ill-made and highly abrasive strings fitted to my sample. If the lacquer is thick enough to withstand wear it also makes re-fretting disproportionately expensive) 2) Maple fingerboards are relatively soft and in their nature difficult to re-fret well 3) Visually, plastic mother-of-pearl and blonde maple do not look well together and black dots, as in the edge, would be preferable. (I see no solution to this problem except perhaps impregnation. I have only three small doubts about the fingerboard: 1) Any maple fingerboard relies on its lacquer film to prevent it from becoming grubby this lacquer is already beginning to wear off on my sample. Much has been said about fret finishing on recent American guitars and I believe some of it to be entirely justified, but these frets are lapped and polished to the standard of a good "Customising" job. I can honestly say that the standard of fretting and fret finishing is the best I have ever seen, ex-factory, on a Gibson or any other bass. The finger-board is also maple, and although it is of high quality and well fitted, the use of this wood for a fingerboard makes the choice of truss-rod geometry more critical than usual. The neck is also commendably straight, though it is more flexible than I would like if the truss-rod were fitted as near as possible to the back of the neck it would probably improve rigidity. The neck is maple, with heavy-duty machine heads similar to those fitted to most Fender basses. It is made entirely of blonde wood, with a natural satin-matt finish, and combines features associated with various makes of bass into one instrument. This guitar, in company with its companion, the Ripper Bass, represents something of a new design policy by Gibson. ![]()
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