A 90th Anniversary limited edition of the old 4005WB bass:
While I would have preferred the post-1965 "R" tailpiece the 330-style body, checkerboard binding, and 30.5" scale (first new short-scale Rick bass in over 40 years) combine to make it look far less ungainly - and probably better-balanced on the shoulder - than the full-scale original (with its extended upper horn); a little rich for most folks' budgets at $5K+ (FYI Chuck Levin's is taking preorders at this writing), but given the resurgence of interest in short-scale basses they'd do well to consider an "S" model analogous to the 4001/4003S (330 body with no binding, dot-inlay unbound neck, mono wiring) in the $2K bracket - absent Gibson bringing back the EB-2D their only real competition is Warwick's Star Bass and the Gretsch White Falcon, both larger/bulkier instruments, and as a long-time lover of hollow-body short-scale basses I'd be sorely tempted...