Sure, why not? I put one on my former Bachbird as well.
It would never occur to me to make one brand appear to be another brand. An Epi is an Epi and can be a fine bass in its own right, some Epis are better than their Gibson counterparts (the Epi Explorers vs the 80ies Gibson Explorers come to mind). But why create the illusion it is something else?
That is what non-venomous
Scarlet Kingsnakes fearing for their life do when they dress up as poisonous
Eastern Coral Snakes, but you're not a threatened species, Tom!
It's perfectly ok in my book to modify/improve an Epi to a point where you can show off with it and have people say: "
This must be the best-sounding Epi bass I've ever heard!" I've done that myself (with an Epi Explorer receiving a spalted maple top, new bridge, tuners, electronics and pups) to then reply: "
Well, it sure cost me enough to get it there!"
But of course the original Epi trc stayed on. Content over appearance.
It is - shudder the thought! - tantamount to sticking a perfectly fine vinyl copy of Deep Purple's Machine Head into a Led Zeppelin IV album sleeve! Who would do such a heinous thing?
