Grabber at 3 serial numbers#
Grabber at 3 Patch#

High void ratio results in better evacuation of mud and snow making traction over such loose substances excellent. On the other side, its massive channels make Toyo clear winner while roaming through rough tracks of nature.

Grabber at 3 Patch#

It is highly unlikely that the Nashville plant actually built G3 basses from scratch.Toyo Open Country AT3 gives an aggressive look owing to raised blocks, massive open channels, zigzag siping, staggered shoulders and prominent stone ejectors.īroad grooves leads to reduction of contact patch and minimize on road traction as a result.

Grabber at 3 serial numbers#

The vast majority of G3 basses were produced in Kalamazoo, however a few of the very last basses from 1985 have Nashville serial numbers - although these may have been partially built in Kalamazoo, but then completed and shipped from Nashville. Was all G3 production at the Gibson Kalamazoo plant in Michigan? No, the Gibson G3 bass was only produced after the introduction of the narrower body style the Ripper also changed to this shape in 1974. Was the G3 bass available in the older, 'wide' body style of the early Gibson Ripper should it have?Īlmost certainly most G3s were shipped with a bridge cover, only the very last instruments shipped in 19 did not. Grabber shipping figures | Ripper shipping figures Gibson G-3 Bass FAQįrequently asked questions about the Gibson G3 bass A (very) few Nashville serial numbered G-3s exist, all with 1985 serial numbers. Basses with serial numbers dating into the early eighties do come up, with Candy Apple Red as a new finish option. The last appearance of the G3 in a Gibson price list was July 1980, also the last listing for the Grabber and Ripper. It was shipped from the Gibson Kalamazoo plant beyond 1979, although shipping figures are not available for this period. The G3 was produced from 1975 two years after the Gibson Grabber and Gibson Ripper basses. Shipping figures for Gibson G3 bass guitar This colour was being widely used at the time on the eighties Victory basses, and was never offered on seventies instruments. This 1982 G-3 is unusual in having an ebony fingerboard, and Candy Apple Red finish. These last G-3s often had very striking highly flamed three-piece maple necks. In 1985 some G3s were stamped in the Nashville plant, though in very small numbers, so potentially using Kalamazoo bodies and necks. They were made at the Gibson Kalamazoo factory from 1975-1982 or maybe later. The last price list / catalogue appearance of the G3 was in 1980, but as is often the case with Gibson, they still made them for a little longer. In the early 1980s, Candy Apple Red was another finish offered. The rare colours are Walnut (40) and Wine Red (9). It is not mentioned as being available in White in the G3 production totals. Like G1s, G3s were available in several finishes: Ebony, Natural Maple Gloss (maple body), Natural Satin (alder body), Sunburst (initially listed as just Sunburst, then Tobacco Sunburst, and finally Antique Sunburst), Walnut and Wine Red. Extra long scale strings are therefore required. The lightweight Grabber bridge was not designed to hold strings, rather they are passed through the body and then over the bridge, and so improving sustain. All this maple, added to the bolt-on construction leads to a very bright sounding bass plenty of snap.

Fingerboards were typically maple, though occasionally rosewood or ebony. The G-3 and Grabber both had bolt-on maple necks, and maple or alder bodies. The middle position activates all three pickups for what we have coined a 'buck-and-a-half'.The back position activates the middle and back pickup in the same manner.Forward position activates the front and middle pickups in humbucking configuration.Gibson G-3 bass advertisement - for more adverts, original pricing and catalogue appearances see pricing and publicity Gibson G3 Controls 1981 Victory Standard (Candy Apple Red).