Got to say I prefer the new squarer headstock to the other, but that said, not a fan of Les Paul basses, period.
Working at Gibson's R&D must be one of the easiest jobs going...pretty much everything this year (EB aside...shudder) has been rejigged versions of existing models or reissues of those long dead. What's left? The Victory? The Bass IV? EBO? (Yes please on the EBO, but if you're reading this R&D, no banjo tuners, eh?).
Seriously, how difficult would it be to take a leaf out of the Reverend model and produce something unique like the Dub King?
Rant over.
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