Gibson Grabber G3 (2012).

[NancyJohnson]

Just a heads up.  Facebook marketplace.  Colchester.  £900 (or offers)...Babicz bridge too!

 

Cheaper than the current Epiphones!  

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

Can't see it. Must have sold.

[NancyJohnson]

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/cFNMzCyYypa9NAmq/

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/cFNMzCyYypa9NAmq/

Mmm. Pass.

[AndyTravis]

They didn’t get the iterations of the Grabbers or rippers right in that 2009-2011 run.

 

The Ripper was natural with a rosewood board…the headstock was more “square”

 

The Grabber had the slider pickup, but it was a chrome guitar style pickup…it was a set neck, not bolt on.

 

This G3 didn’t have the right pickups or pickup spacing and wasn’t bolt on either.

 

I recall sending 2 of the 3 G3 reissues back as the break angle from the nut made the G string ping out if played harder than a mild breeze…

 

They were a big swing - to be admired, but a massive miss - to be lamented.

 

They did something similar with the RD a few years later. They probably made about 6 of them…😏

Edited October 31, 2024 by AndyTravis

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I think that G3 is the same one I saw on reverb this morning: https://reverb.com/uk/item/85356190-gibson-g3-reissue-2012-honeyburst

[NancyJohnson]

6 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

They didn’t get the iterations of the Grabbers or rippers right in that 2009-2011 run.

 

The Ripper was natural with a rosewood board…the headstock was more “square”

 

The Grabber had the slider pickup, but it was a chrome guitar style pickup…it was a set neck, not bolt on.

 

This G3 didn’t have the right pickups or pickup spacing and wasn’t bolt on either.

 

I recall sending 2 of the 3 G3 reissues back as the break angle from the nut made the G string ping out if played harder than a mild breeze…

 

They were a big swing - to be admired, but a massive miss - to be lamented.

 

They did something similar with the RD a few years later. They probably made about 6 of them…😏

 

We just need to take it for granted that Gibson haven't been particularly concerned about faithful(ish) reissues unless they're Les Paul or SG models.

 

Suppose we can also apply this analogy to the business by and large ignoring what people are actually asking for as well.  

[prowla]

This isn't a pitch for donations from the BC collective, is it? 🙂

[neepheid]

It's not a "reissue" and was never billed as such.  Its official moniker is

 

Gibson Grabber 3 '70s Tribute

 

A "tribute".  Weasel words maybe, but you can throw all your expectations out the window - it was never meant to be a slavish reissue of the original.  I briefly owned two - both had issues of one kind or another and I wasn't that keen on them anyway having owned an original G-3, so as long as you accept that the only thing this has in common with a G-3 is the body shape and that it has three pickups and the same controls, then you'll be fine.