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Wow, thank you all very much for the nice replies. Really makes me feel good. I bugged the seller to the point that he was probably getting irritated with me. I asked for a couple more photos and got them. I combed Ricsource and google hard yesterday to find any info on fretless with no face markers. Came up empty handed and got a little spooked. When I was not the high bidder, I emailed Ric yesterday, because their serial # encoder just gives you year and month of manufacture. I was hoping for more than that. I hadn't heard back. Last night I babysat that listing off and on until 5am, rolled the dice and got the high bid. So today, before I made payment, I heard back from Ric with enough info to validate. It was a great coincidence, because truth be told I was all in and going to make payment anyway. I sometimes take a chance here and there. Its how I scored my '92 LP Custom for $1000. I'm super excited and a little nervous: my most expensive gear purchase to date. I think I have a fairly rare bird coming. You guy's comments really help, and Billw97 made me feel a whole lot better. I guess worst case scenario, I was fairly certain it was a modded 4003s with a pro fretboard replacement. And there's a small chance it still could be, but I no longer think so.
I will give a full report when I receive the bass. I already see it has some tail-lift. I'm going to message the bridge back down hopefully. It'll be strung up with GHS Pressurewounds med gauge tuned to C standard so I don't think tail-lift will be an issue any longer.
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