Inexperienced Day’s Mike Dirnt not too long ago teamed up with Epiphone to unveil his signature Epiphone Grabber G-3 bass, permitting followers and aspiring musicians to personal an instrument similar to his beloved Gibson Grabber G-3 that he performed for years.
The Epiphone Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 bass is available in Silverbust or Pure end, and incorporates a double-cutaway maple Grabber physique; a 34” scale three-piece maple neck with an ebony fretboard (maple on the Pure-finished mannequin) and 20 medium jumbo frets; a traditional Grabber “V” headstock outfitted with open-gear bass tuners with historic clover buttons and a bone nut; and a high-density Leo Quan Badass II bridge.
Heavy ipromiseyoumedia caught up with Dirnt to debate the brand new signature Epiphone bass, alongside together with his beloved Gibson Grabber G-3. The punk legend additionally regarded again on the primary bass guitars he ever owned, his musical reference to drummer Tré Cool because the rhythm part in Inexperienced Day for 35 years, his private favourite Inexperienced Day basslines, and the band’s upcoming film, New 12 months’s Rev, amongst different matters.
The Epiphone Grabber G-3 bass is obtainable through Reverb or Gibson. Learn our interview with Mike Dirnt under.
Earlier than we get into the brand new signature Epiphone Grabber G-3, what made the Gibson Grabber G-3 your selection of bass for thus a few years?
I performed a whole bunch of reveals with my G-3, and I simply beloved it. It has a method of slicing by way of huge guitars, and nonetheless permits me to get all these little artistic pops out and in. It walks good and woolly, and likewise has this pop that I all the time search for.
What led you to first begin enjoying the Gibson Grabber G-3?
It was complete serendipity. My bass broke once we have been on our first tour once I was 18 years previous. I used to be enjoying a Peavey Patriot and my strap broke and it hit the bottom, and the subsequent day we had a break day. We have been in Minneapolis, and I took my bass out of the case and it was being held collectively by the decide guard. It lower the physique in half mainly, and I’m like, “What am I gonna do?”And this man, I imagine his title was Scott Prepare dinner, he was a bass participant, and he goes, “I simply bought a brand new bass. I haven’t even plugged it in… if you happen to wanna check out it.” I mentioned, “Certain.”
