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Old 03-22-2008, 02:30 AM
gibsonbass76 gibsonbass76 is offline
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Default Are these ripper pickups?

I was on ebay and i thought these looked a lot like ripper pickups, am i sorely mistaken?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-1981-V-Ba...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 03-22-2008, 02:51 AM
guitarshark guitarshark is offline
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Definitely Ripper pickups, later style with pickguard mounted height adjuntment screws.
The '80s Flying V bass used the same pickups, I think. The seller's just trying to use a more valuable bass to boost the price of his pickups, I suppose.
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