Gibson Grabber Technical Specifications
Body and neck
Alder or maple body, maple neck. The first necks were one-piece maple, most are a three-piece maple laminate.
Body
Length 21 1/2"
Width 14 1/2"
Depth 1 1/4"
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Neck
Width at nut 1 5/8"
Scale 34 3/8"
Frets 20
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Total
Length 45 3/4"
Weight
maple 4 kg
alder 3.5 kg
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Electrics
Gibson Grabber circuit schematic (1973)
The Grabber circuitry is very simple, two pots (volume - 300K audio taper part 70033, tone - 100K audio taper part 70031) and a capacitor (.047 mfd part 70057). The pickup is the Grabber sliding humbucker
Hardware
Gibson Grabber parts list (1981) - All the components listed with part numbers
A closer look at the Grabber and its components
Machine heads Schaller BM, or occasionally (towards the end of production) Schaller M4
Pickguard Single ply. Early instruments had red or brown tortoiseshell pickguards, the bulk had plain black
Truss rod cover (Gibson part no. 80537). Mounted with either two, or three screws. Inscribed with 'THE GRABBER' in block capitals
Bridge (Gibson part no. 81554).
Bridge cover (Gibson part no. 80076).
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Basses
