Inexperienced Day’s Mike Dirnt has teamed up with Epiphone to launch his signature Grabber G-3 bass. The instrument is a revival of the basic Gibson Grabber G-3 that he’s performed on quite a few Inexperienced Day excursions and album together with 1994’s iconic Dookie.
The Epiphone Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 is offered on the retail value of $1,299 in a Silverburst or Pure end. Per Epiphone’s description, the bass’ specs are as follows:
“The Epiphone Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 bass has a double-cutaway maple Grabber physique. The 34-inch scale three-piece maple neck has an ebony fretboard (maple on the Pure-finished mannequin) with 20 medium jumbo frets, and abalone dot place markers adorn the fretboard. The basic Grabber ‘V’ headstock is supplied with open-gear bass tuners with historic clover buttons and a bone nut, whereas the opposite ends of the strings go over a high-density Leo Quan Badass II bridge for elevated assault and maintain and full intonation and motion adjustment, then run by way of the physique and are anchored with string ferrules on the again of the physique for wonderful tone and maintain.
The three Gibson G-3 pickups are made on the Gibson Pickup Store in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and are wired in a ‘buck-and-a-half’ pickup configuration. When the three-way change is within the high place, each the neck and center pickups are activated concurrently, producing a humbucker impact. When the change is within the center place, all three pickups are engaged. When the toggle change is within the backside place, the center and bridge pickups are activated, working collectively to provide a humbucking impact. This versatile pickup configuration, mixed with the grasp quantity and tone controls, affords a variety of hum-free tonal choices. The Epiphone Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 bass comes packed in a hardshell case to assist maintain it protected while you’re out in your subsequent world tour.”
Dirnt seems on ipromiseyoumedia‘s record of the 100 Biggest Bassists of All Time, whereas his taking part in on the Dookie monitor “Longview” made our record of the 50 Biggest Basslines of All Time.
Associated Video
A video that includes Dirnt speaking in regards to the Epiphone Grabber G-3 bass, together with product pictures, may be seen under. The bass may be ordered instantly by way of Epiphone or by way of licensed sellers on Reverb.
