Product: Ventura Ripper Copy
Price Paid: US $200 used
Submitted
04/23/2004
at
12:23am
by
Brandon
Email: Bransellers1 at aol<dot>com
Features
:
10
70s, no serial #, complete Gibson ripoff down to the headstock and 4 way switch. Rock-solid set maple neck on maple body. Natural finish, 2 pickups that look like Gibson neck humbuckers. Fat, fat neck. Best playing bass I've ever tried. Original bridge replaced at some point with a Badass Bass II mounted on a black spacer which matches the pickguard (which for some reason looks to have been brush-painted black). I believe this was one of the brandnames Ibanez used way back when they made better Gibsons and Fenders than Gibson and Fender.
Sound
:
10
Amazing sounds, flawless intonation all over the neck, built like a tank and feels like a tree trunk on a strap. Can sound super dark and huge (somehow never loses definition) all the way to something like with a wah half-depressed. Only dislike is that it could use a few more high frets-I like to tap
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
All I can say is that it makes my real Gibson look like a toy.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
Indestructable. I have used it without backup and will again, no sweat.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Um, yeah. I'm pretty much on my own.
Overall Rating
:
10
Best $200 I've ever spent...my problem is that last night, it was stolen from my living room while I WAS ASLEEP UPSTAIRS, along with a 97 Hamer Korina Vector (#29 of 72), a USA BcRich Jr V standard, and 2 Hamer Vector KKs. Please look at my reviews of them for information. Any assistance would be appreciated; I'm offering a $500 reward for their safe return, no questions asked. I know that isn't a lot of money, but it's all I can afford. Please God, somebody help me. I've never felt so powerless in my life, and this is the first time I've been guitarless in 14 years.
