Green Day’s Mike Dirnt Launches New Epiphone Grabber G-3 Signature Bass
Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt has teamed up with Epiphone to release a new signature version of the Grabber G-3 Bass. The model is described as a modern revival of the Gibson Grabber G-3, which he used earlier in his career on such recordings as “Longview” from 1994’s Dookie.
“Known for his punchy bass lines, dynamic vocals, and electrifying stage presence, Dirnt has been a driving force behind one of music’s most influential and long-running bands,” Epiphone states. “The new Grabber G-3 reflects his legacy with a design that blends classic construction and modern performance features.”
The Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 has a double-cutaway maple body with a three-piece maple neck. Its fingerboard depends on your finish: Silverburst comes with an ebony board, while a Natural finish is complemented with a maple board. Each has 20 frets with dot inlay position markers.
The bass’s Grabber “V” headstock shape is fitted with open-gear bass tuners featuring historic clover buttons. A Leo Quan Badass II bridge enhances attack and sustain, but Epiphone notes that the heart of the Grabber G-3 is its three handcrafted pickups, made in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Gibson Pickup Shop.
“Wired in a unique ‘buck-and-a-half’ configuration, the pickups offer versatile humbucking combinations via a three-way toggle switch—neck and middle, all three engaged, or middle and bridge—alongside master volume and tone controls for a wide palette of noise-free tones,” they explain.
The Epiphone Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 is available now for $1,299.
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Epiphone Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 Specs:
| Scale: | 34″ |
| Body: | Maple |
| Neck: | 3-piece Maple |
| Neck Shape: | C |
| Fingerboard: | Ebony or Maple |
| Frets: | 20 |
| Inlays: | Black Abalone Dot |
| Pickups: | Gibson USA G-3 |
| Electronics: | Passive |
| Bridge: | Leo Quan Badass II |
| Tuners: | Open-Gear Bass with Historic Clover Button |
| Finish: | Natural, Silverburst |
| Orientation: | Right Hand Only |
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They’re anti-American has hell except when it comes to taking Americans’ money!
Greenday is anti-American as hell except when it comes to taking Americans’ money!
I had a Gibson Grabber bass in the 1970’s, it was an easy and smooth guitar to play, you could hear the quality of the sound and sounded pretty good on my 45 Watt amp. But I foolishly sold it cheap and realise I could have got hundreds more for it, now I deeply regret selling it. The Grabber bass was the best bass ever.
They actually wrote a song about you Bob.