Bucket Head Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 i was thinking about getting one of those gibson g3 grabbers, i think there the same thing..... but was just wondering what other people think and what the average price is ect and any other general advice. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [quote name='Bucket Head' post='744356' date='Feb 13 2010, 10:01 PM']i was thinking about getting one of those gibson g3 grabbers, i think there the same thing..... but was just wondering what other people think and what the average price is ect and any other general advice. cheers[/quote] Careful what you mean, there are confusing uses of the term Grabber. The original Grabber (G-1) has a single sliding pickup, 1 volume, 1 tone and the G-3 (I don't like the way Grabber gets applied to these - there's nothing to grab!) has 3 pickups, a 3 way switch, 1 vol, 1 tone. Grabber: [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/grabber.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/grabber.php[/url] G-3: [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/G3.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/G3.php[/url] I have a 1978 Gibson G-3 in Ebony (Gibson speak for black), and I have to say I love it. It has a big, chunky neck, a big but not thick body and those blade pickups sound great. Things to watch out for - the stock bridges -while functional enough - are pretty basic and use slotted grub screws for height adjustment instead of hex ones. It would seem (on mine anyway) that these tend to break at the slots. I'd say between the two I'd take a G-3 any time. The Grabber sliding pickup, while a novel concept, seems like a bit of a pain in the butt to me. The one I had a go of had a warped pickguard which made the sliding action difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilLordJuju Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 G3s can be had for around £600 or so. Maybe a bit more with a case I definately prefer the G3 to the Grabber (greater tonal range) although i've heard plenty of people say they prefer the Grabber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket Head Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 ahhhh i see yea i wasnt so sure that they were the same thing thanks for the replys btw guys, what would you say is a bass that sounds similar to it cos theres no where around here to try one out unfortunately but ive heard a few bands use them and what ive heard i liked. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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