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This is really a very interesting rare instrument as well as beautiful and well preserved. This bass guitar is the prototype for the L6 S bass, a model that was never manufactured by Gibson. Although it is the prototype for an instrument that was not produced, it also seems to be a prototype of the Ripper and Grabber models introduced later that are constructed with the same materials (maple neck and body) and similar dimensions. The look of this one does foreshadow those later models. I thought I had seen everything until now.

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Listed3 years ago
ConditionExcellent (Used)
Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.Learn more
Brand
Model
  • L6 S Bass Prototype, Ripper, Grabber
Finish
  • Sunburst
Categories
Year
  • 1972
Made In
  • United States
Number of Strings
  • 4-String

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