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Old 12-20-2008, 07:25 PM
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Default Ripper tone choke

http://cgi.ebay.com/1970s-Gibson-L-6S-R ... 7C294%3A50

is this for a ripper? Mine looks nothing like this. Maybe an EBO?
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Old 12-21-2008, 03:04 PM
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Default Re: Ripper tone choke

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Mine looks nothing like this. Maybe an EBO?
I think my old EB3 had one like that. Does the EB0 have a choke?
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Old 12-28-2008, 07:38 PM
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Default Tone Choke

Yeah that is the older version used in 60s and early 70s EBs. (Or something similar)

It is possible that an early ripper could have used it, but that would certainly be the exception, and not something I can recall seeing.

A ripper choke usually looks like the ones shown here
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