Scott's IP rights have no doubt been aggressively pirated, even ravaged here.
Why did no one else think of a TBird with a little deeper cutaway before? Or do the faithful among ye take that to be as superfluous as the 22 fret Ps and Js? Anyway, I like how this turned out, just the right amount of extra cutaway without interfering too much with the classic shape.
I do wonder though whether the use of the traditional TB Plus pups on Epiphone basses is a harbinger for an imminent change in pups in the Gibson TBirds? Gibson generally doesn't compromise the hardware of the upmarket brand like that unless we are talking about premium Epis such as the Elitist series, but these new Epi Birds aren't in that category. The new pups on the G-3 and the EB bass might see some other future deployment, don't you think?
Mark, once the bass is here I expect you to play it "where the money stops" and where your Nasty co-Habitants don't allow you to play - i.e. up very high - and divulge your intrusive experience here in all gynecological detail! "I pulled her G string up high and she obliged effortlessly." Same applies to you, Xavier!!! No phony excuses.
