I don't think they would have brought this one out, hadn't the similarly oreficed Flying V issued as GoM last year done well. A collectors' item, no doubt. I kind of like the design approach, so puristic ... Before you hit me now, has anybody played one of those things to judge how they sound?
It just dawned on me ... Holy Explorer is like Holy Flying V a pun ... Ouch, that took a long time to settle.
If this was an Explorer bass, I'd be all over it. You could even play it naked and people would immediately notice, especially if the then superfluous strap would be replaced by other, more manly options of holding the bass in place.