You're afraid I would give the black hardware a stinging review 
Scott's got a good line on them, go for it!
You'll get the new EBF to order for. You can't be playing TBirds all the time, you need to break with some of those nasty habits of yours! Besides, with all due respect and you know that I am your greatest fan here, Non-Revs don't go together with your boots at all.
I understand the excitement about this reissue because it is deemed here as an iconic design (but in my book overshadowed by the much more beautiful Rev), but it is hard to fathom how this will sound any different to the TB Studio of the midnoughties. The only difference is the bridge. The Studios were nice basses, bit thuddier than a real TBird, but not quite the singing upper register sustain. They should have done much better than they did.
Looking at the release policy of the last few years, Gibson - at least by its own previous standards - has reissued a wealth of models. Given how small their bass market share is, it can't be economical to keep them all in production, hence all those limited runs which satisfy those niche markets of people who crave for a Flying V or Non-Rev bass. It's not a bad business model if you ask me and one that reflects the fact that they never managed to create a winner model lasting over decades such as Fender P, Fender J, 4001 and Stingray and that - let's face it - the world at large and the converted family of Gibson diehards are not really holding their breath for an all-out new Gibson bass model (though the attempt of the EBF is commendable).
