Thanks, DB. I am coming to the same conclusion about the 3-point that comes with the kit. And there is this one neighbor I don't like....

I thought about laminating a block onto the existing one, but I can't get to it from the f-hole, and don't want to have to open a hole somewhere else. Can't get to it from the pickup cavities like on some ES's. This one is solid wood under the pickups.

Tell me though, DB, it looks like the Babicz has a flat mounting plate that, that uses the same screws (or ferrules?) as the Gibsonoid 3-point. since the top of this beast is not flat, I guess I would have build a platform for it to sit in?

Which leads to a 2nd question: If I have to go to all the trouble of making a flat platform for the bridge to sit on, why not just go "whole hog" and get a bridge with 4-7 screws that will for sure stay in place, and will grab the wood in the center as well as on the sides?

I like the G&L because it would cover all the holes and is the best bridge I have ever enountered...but even an ordinary stamped fender bridge looks like it would hold better. Would that be better? I am just nervous that I won't have enough wood for even the Babicz to grab onto, at least on the south side of bridge. I can plug the hole, but there is still only going to be about 3mm of wood between the ferrule and the inside cavity of the bass at the thinnest place.