Bridge and pickup covers have a certian aesthetic appeal that just doesn't work when the covers are mounted backwards or in the wrong place. Both on ebay at this moment.
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u66/mrgibson01/1963%20Gibson%20Thunderbird%20IV%20Bass/4.jpg)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1976-Gibson-Thunderbird-Electric-Bass-Guitar-w-OHSC-NO-REPAIRS-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMTMx/$(KGrHqJ,!rYE+uPw,u(1BQGT2PH-Lg~~60_57.JPG)
I agree, but I'm not going to cast the first stone. I once mounted a bridge cover on an early P-clone and didn't notice for a week that I had it on upside down.
The Homer Simpson moment comes to all of us.
(https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKbugTJdvh6QwiCbu0qpyNtLgwlyE_awDUnVx7Rz5s_eKt6R0P)
OTOH if anyone has any original Gibson pieces they want to sell..........PM me.