Update on my relationship with my 4003.
After my comment last week I spent some time playing it, and decided it's not going anywhere. The odd ergonomics are worth dealing with for that incredible tone.
It's off for some minor surgery tomorrow - I ordered a new set of pickups as the standard ones are a bit too hot. If I'm sticking with the "clank plank" ( copyright @martthebass) I want as much clank as I can get!
Gibson did reissue the Grabber a few years ago.
The Epiphone was called Ripper, but it wasn't particularly close to that Gibson either - same shape, but the first run had a single pickup and the next had PJs.