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Well, that's the Epiphone Grabber (not G-3) released and available for... £929. I'll have whatever Epiphone are smoking, that seems like good s#it!

With Thomann, this will be the whole story, financially anyway. Relax!

Its intended usefulness is a speck in the rear view mirror...

I'm starting to get the feeling that this thread has long since exceeded its usefulness.

Fan are we nae weighin' in?

Unless you f around with the trim pot on the preamp...

So... end of July, huh? Well, it took until September but now that my Sire Z7 is finally here (and I remembered about this conversation), I can confirm that the Lekato WS-70 does work with this active bass at least.

They've just released new instruments with the Harley Benton name, I think it's safe enough.

The "them" in this context means "all short scale semi hollow basses" as in "there are plenty of short scale, semi hollow basses already", not "there are plenty of short scale semi hollow basses like this one". I did start the answer to your question with "No", but I realise that what I wrote after that may have been ambiguous, so apologies for that.

Link to what?

No, and there's plenty of them already. It's great to see another long scale semi hollow out there, they are very much in the minority, at least that's how I see it.

I think the point I've been trying to make all along is that we don't have to/shouldn't be d!cks about it.

Would a solid cover help?

No, not always, just sometimes. "I'll spell her name how I like" / "Her name is so ridiculous it's not worth bothering."

Took them long enough. Didn't take any of my feedback on board though (ha, as if what I say is important!)

There's nothing faux about getting bored of a surly buzzkill who thinks it's "polite and considered" to continually misspell someone's name, then double down on it when called upon it because they consider her name to be "ridiculous". Contemptible behaviour, I'm glad I called them on it and I'll do it again if the need arises.

*sigh* The surname is redacted. He is (was, dunno, haven't had anything to do with him since school) Harry Craig <insert surname>. Very funny, you got me there

Not unless someone modded it. The stock bridge just happens to have saddles which aren't black.

I went to school with a guy called Harry Craig, but he used Craig as his preferred first name. Wow, that was interesting!

How convenient. Dish it out, but can't take it back. A classic. I don't see what I said as abusive either, you are being a surly curmudgeon in this thread - surely the weight of replies disagreeing with your stance should tell you that. Do yourself (and the rest of us) a favour - go and have a think.

It's all you're worth, you curmudgeon.

OK boomer.

You could at least do her the courtesy of spelling her name correctly.

Doesn't make it right, and doesn't make me wrong to hope for better. We can do better - most of this kind of "commentary" is bitter, jealous bile. Can people not just be happy for someone making their way in the world instead of trying to tear them down in a ghoulish zero sum game of "if I'm going nowhere, I'm going to try and make sure I drag you down with me"? At the very least, keep it zipped. I don't really directly care that Blu De Tiger has a signature bass, it's a Jazz so I'm immediately out but I think it's a good thing for there to be more female beacons of hope in this sausage fest of a pastime/hobby/career/industry.

Would be nice to live in a world where rhino skin was not a prerequisite though.