Good call on the bending issue, Duffy. I hadn't considered that, but I do recall bends being very stiff and much more laborious. Not impossible, as you said, but more difficult than normal.
I was considering picking up a Hollowbody II for a while, and my plan was to use actual acoustic strings on it (we were primarily an acoustic band at the time). I never ended up getting one, but I've since really wanted to try acoustic strings on a piezo-equipped electric.