Now available on consignment, a 1976 Gibson Grabber G1 bass guitar in wine red.

This is a very clean example of one of Gibson’s 70’s innovations, a long scale (34 1/2”) bass, with a bolt-on maple neck, 3 piece maple body carved somewhat like an SG, and string-through body construction. Other features include a single coil pickup, enclosed in a sliding mechanism allowing you to change it’s position on the body.

This particular example is completely stock, no modifications or changes have been made, and it is quite clean, save for some corrosion, very light buckle rash on the back of the body, and one or two small chips in the finish on the rear bottom.

The only issue to note is a slight delamination between the fretboard and neck, where it sits in the neck pocket. Though the split is visible, it’s completely stable and does not move, a result of the busy way Gibson designed their bolt-on necks. It does not affect playability in any way.

The neck itself is in good condition playing wise, there is no distinguishable fret wear at all, and it plays very smoothly, really quite a formidable instrument.

This is a fun bass, definitely quite a growly sounding instrument, and very enjoyable overall. Freshly strung and set up, comes with OHSC, original warranty card, and bridge cover.

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