mark, that's exactly what happened in my case. I was attracted to the BH in the first place because it was 'Fender-ish', the semi-hollow bod, the P-90's and the vari-tone. But after a year, my G&L ASAT Semi-Hollow (sim to a Tele Thinline) proved its superiority. And I was smitten by the 62RI Strat I traded it for, an opportunity too good to pass up. Yep...the Hawks nose-dived because Gibson players didn't go for the Fender scale, and Fender players...probably felt like the thing had cooties.
And yep, the Epi NightHawk Std (2-pup) and ST3 (3-pup) 'economy versions' of their Gibson sibling were Samick-Korea Epiphone like many Epis from the mid-late 90's.
Yep, S-Swede, the NightHawks were/are 25 1/2" 'Fender' scale necks, too.
And the 3-pup model? Heh, heh...there's one in black hanging on the wall in the same store I got & traded my BluesHawk...at least it was there Sunday morning, and I think it's price tag was around $600 US with Gibson Gig Bag. I know when it came in a week ago, they had to replace the dead slant-coil bridge humbucker, and the tech was going to try modding a Seymour Duncan (forgot which model) to make that happen. He did.
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