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I wouldn't fit long scale strings to a shortscale, especially flats or half rounds. You will end up having to bend the fattest part of the string round the tuner. I did this once with some flatwounds and the E string took great exception to this and delaminated itself, quickly and violently.

Almost the same - bridge, tailpiece and knobs have changed a little since the prototype, and I made some modifications to mine that made sense to me (the rotary series/single/parallel switch)

For science!

Bit of a severe reaction to an incorrectly wired output jack...

The more I think about this, the angrier I get. If Epiphone was a mate, you'd take them aside and try to talk some sense into them. £929, what the hell are they thinking? How much does it cost to produce a bolt on, single pickup bass these days? Different body shape - big whoop, it's CNC, just get 'em made - it's absolutely no different to any of your other models. I'd go so far as to say the different shaped headstock is the same deal - change the CNC program, how effing hard is that? They have seriously misread the room and are attempting to take people for mugs IMO. When you have market disruptors like Sire going about, producing instruments which I'm quite sure would kick this Grabber's arris in terms of fit, finish and features, at half the price - it's absolutely suicidal pricing. People aren't stupid - they're going to compare and contrast and if they've got half a brain will realise they're being taken for a ride. The Gibsonification of Epiphone is in full swing - I had hoped it wouldn't happen, but it looks like an unwise, premature, and very ham fisted attempt to move Epiphone "upmarket" is happening. It makes me sad. Angry, but ultimately, sad. There's no way in hell I'm buying this Grabber at £929, and because it's a signature bass, the G-3 will be more like £1200. I was so excited by this development when news first broke but Epiphone, you've broken me instead. I'm out.

Talk to us, plenty of old farts here to sympathise with you

Bit worrying that your tech can't figure this out.

You would have thought Gibson would insert wholly sensible course of action. Should be their motto.

I've honestly never thought about it, and I'm not going to start - bass GAS is bad enough without throwing amp GAS and cab GAS onto the bonfire!

Don't mod the bass, mod yourself... It's a wristband, pulled up to where the forearm meets the edge of the bass body.

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!)