BFG Bass?

[Dave W]

Maybe your long-overdue Continental will arrive at the same time.

[uwe]

I love Dave's optimism. 

[Chris P.]

Uwe, are you just buying all those basses the last week to show us something new at the beginning of April?

[eb2]

I am not a big fan of the dead reptile look, but I think I like the Les Paul bridge tailpiece with a thyroid condition set up.

German saboteurs with a US background was a nice enough idea that just didn't pan out.  Now the German POW who escaped and hitch-hiked to Chicago in his Nazi uniform, where he blended in and ended up buying and running a barroom before being caught (in the 1950's no less) - a much better story.

[lowend1]

I love the Gibson philosophy of "when there are no turds left to polish, we'll design some...  We're sure to sell at least one of them!"
After the Holy Explorer, nothing is surprising.