Nibody Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Not seen one of these before. Mayas are quite decent basses. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maya-Bass-Guitar-project/223460540363?hash=item3407493fcb:g:3uMAAOSwtwVcmRWf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Looks like a Hipshot-style bridge. Would be interesting to see the string height on that baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 This is very interesting - it's not a Ripper copy, it's a G3, and I've absolutely never seen one before. Without seeing under the scratchplate, tbh I'm leaning towards thinking it's a (fairly common) standard Grabber copy that's been modded to G3 spec with the scratchplate & pickups. That said, the pickups are interesting because they're neither real, nor copies of G3 units by the looks, instead they're very close, if not identical to the transparent covered single-coil types fitted to Marauder guitar copies made by Chushin Gakki - the factory which made Maya. If it's a factory G3 copy then I'm surprised at never having come across one before - Chushin were incredibly prolific and sold under dozens of different names. Highly curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Looks like a replacement bridge to me, as you can see the filled in holes of the original 3-point one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 11 hours ago, Bassassin said: This is very interesting - it's not a Ripper copy, it's a G3, and I've absolutely never seen one before. Without seeing under the scratchplate, tbh I'm leaning towards thinking it's a (fairly common) standard Grabber copy that's been modded to G3 spec with the scratchplate & pickups. That said, the pickups are interesting because they're neither real, nor copies of G3 units by the looks, instead they're very close, if not identical to the transparent covered single-coil types fitted to Marauder guitar copies made by Chushin Gakki - the factory which made Maya. If it's a factory G3 copy then I'm surprised at never having come across one before - Chushin were incredibly prolific and sold under dozens of different names. Highly curious. I probably meant Grabber.. always get mixed up 😳 must be rare if you haven't seen one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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