Ripley 5/84. Serial number M104 engraved on the "neck plate". Blue lacquered body in basswood. Neck in maple with a fingerboard in rosewood. 2 x "single coil" Bartolini pickups. 1 x humbucker Bartolini pickup. Chrome "hardware". "Schecter" bridge with tremolo arm. Length approx. 98.5, width 31.5, height 4.5 cm. A stereo box and transformer; cable from the guitar, so-called "multipin connector"; cable from the stereo box to the transformer; "Franzus" power converter; key for bridge adjustment; manual and a hard case included.
Age-related wear, marks, chips, not tested for functionality, not fully examined.
Steve Ripley, musician, sound engineer, and producer from Boise, Idaho. He worked with artists such as Bob Dylan, J.J. Cale, and more. He built his guitars between 1982 and 1987. He made guitars for Eddie Van Halen, J.J. Cale, Ry Cooder, and John Hiatt. Steve Ripley's "Stereo Guitars" feature a stereo output that allows the signal from the 6-pole microphone to be panned separately for each string through a Sterobox to 2 amplifiers. Steve Ripley later made guitars for Kramer Guitars.