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The Gibson L9-S Ripper is a model of electric bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 made by Gibson Guitar Corporation
Gibson Guitar Corporation

The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of Steel-string guitar and electric guitars. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer Guitars, Valley Arts Guitar, Tobias , Steinberger, and Gibson Kalamazoo Electric Guitar....
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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 necks.

They were equipped with two humbucking
Humbucker

File:Guitare double micro.jpgA conventional humbucker is a type of electric guitar pickup , first patented by Seth Lover and the Gibson company, that uses two coils, both generating string signal....
 pickup
Pickup (music)

A pickup device acts as a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations and converts them to an electrical signal, which can be instrument amplifier and sound recording....
s - designed especially for the Ripper by Bill Lawrence, and a four way pickup selector control; a familiar Gibson feature from the older Gibson EB-3
Gibson EB-3

The Gibson EB-3 is an electric guitar bass guitar model, produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.Introduced in 1961, the EB-3 was one of the bass guitar equivalents of the popular Gibson SG....
 bass.






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The Gibson L9-S Ripper is a model of electric bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 made by Gibson Guitar Corporation
Gibson Guitar Corporation

The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of Steel-string guitar and electric guitars. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer Guitars, Valley Arts Guitar, Tobias , Steinberger, and Gibson Kalamazoo Electric Guitar....
.

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 necks.

They were equipped with two humbucking
Humbucker

File:Guitare double micro.jpgA conventional humbucker is a type of electric guitar pickup , first patented by Seth Lover and the Gibson company, that uses two coils, both generating string signal....
 pickup
Pickup (music)

A pickup device acts as a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations and converts them to an electrical signal, which can be instrument amplifier and sound recording....
s - designed especially for the Ripper by Bill Lawrence, and a four way pickup selector control; a familiar Gibson feature from the older Gibson EB-3
Gibson EB-3

The Gibson EB-3 is an electric guitar bass guitar model, produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.Introduced in 1961, the EB-3 was one of the bass guitar equivalents of the popular Gibson SG....
 bass. The bass also had a passive midrange roll off control.

There was also a fretless version of the Ripper - identical in other respects.

The original Gibson model is now rare and has seen significant inflation in value recently however a cheaper Epiphone
Epiphone

File:Guitar Epiphone 01.jpgThe Epiphone Company is a musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos. Epiphone was bought by Chicago Music Company in 1957 who also had owned Gibson Guitar Corporation....
 model is still in production. It comes in two colours, natural and black, both with a black pickguard.

Notable Ripper players


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