Ibanez is making a Les Paul bass

[Granny Gremlin]

In my opinion it looks more like they were made from old wooden crates or whisky barrels, tha a 'normal' relic.

Yeah, it is a bit late to the reclaimed wood look, but I like it (sooooo many stores in my neighborhood put legs on an old barn door and sell it as a multi-thousand dollar harvest table.   A 'normal' relic job just doesn't do anything for me, but truth be told I'm not one for a shiny spotless laquer job either.  I suppose it would be nice to have a few less gouges in the top, but I still dig it.  The stain job looks well done.

[drbassman]

Great looking bass. I can't for the life of me, however, understand why many manufacturers who build hollow and semi-hollow basses don't make them in a long-scale version.

I agree.  Mine are long scale.   

[Pilgrim]

Another note about long-scale hollows - many of them do have a neck dive problem. I know that my 32" scale Gretsch 5123 is a bit of a diver, and i went to an extra-long suede strap to fight that.  IIRC, my Casady was a diver.

Due to the fondness that Bill and I have for short scale basses, I don't always perceive this as a problem.  My new Psycho Cabbie is a shorty (and that's my 5123 behind it...)

[drbassman]

Another note about long-scale hollows - many of them do have a neck dive problem. I know that my 32" scale Gretsch 5123 is a bit of a diver, and i went to an extra-long suede strap to fight that.  IIRC, my Casady was a diver.

Due to the fondness that Bill and I have for short scale basses, I don't always perceive this as a problem.  My new Psycho Cabbie is a shorty (and that's my 5123 behind it...)

Yep, a long neck on a hollow body is a typical diver.  That's why I placed my bridge low on the body to bring the neck into the body farther.  It really helps.  The long upper horn also aids the situation.

[ilan]

That is why Rickenbacker, for the long-scale hollow body 4005, modified the 360 body shape with an extended upper horn, so that the strap button is over the 13th fret. It looks like a catcher's mitt, not very elegant, but 4005s don't dive.

[drbassman]

Yep, another reason my semi-clone 4005 works.