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Your's is not a Mapleglo. The dot has been "painted" over.

^ ^ ^ You got me good with that one!

I'm thinking the dots, perhaps, relate to build options, and their role in build assembly. (Although I am unfamiliar with RIC basses.). Each color dot corresponds to a similar dot on a guitar body/neck pocket. Helpful to preclude an assembly mismatch.... No, that's not it. (The dot would be on the e...

Then I guess we'll just have to wait until Mr. Hall chimes in and ends the suspense....

^ ^ ^Actually, that seems like the most plausible theory yet. No wonder I can't see my dots! :) Ah ha! Blue dot means it is planned to have a MG finish. Maybe red = FG? Black, of course, = JG. White = SG. This strategy provides for quick and accurate identification for the Finish Dept. guys. This ac...

Ha, ha! I really didn't think so, but it seemed like the only logical reason for it that I could honestly think of. Well, I still think all 1,359 of us should remove our truss rod covers and check. We can figure it out!

Oh, I considered that, but dismissed any employee identification other than written initials, (yes!) written numbers, etc. They are much more specific than a small, limited number of primary colors. I still think the dot signifies some build characteristic, or in this case, some sort or deficiency. ...

"Another case of too good to be true on planet earth." I was thinking of this and the blue dot under the truss rod cover, and it occurred to me that perhaps (and I'm only guessing) that the blue dot identifies the bass as second quality. Years ago I was stationed in Germany and visited por...

Yeah, it's a lot easier to give advice than to actually live with the consequences of said advice. So, I'll concede that if I could return/exchange a guitar that I wasn't entirely happy with, I'd do it. (I've done it) Get one you can really bond with. Good luck!

It concerns me that the tips of the rods do not appear to be even, suggesting one rod may have migrated up its channel. are you able to see inspect the anchor nuts at the base of the neck? Probably this. Sometimes the wood at the acorn nut end gets compressed, often (but not always) by excessive ti...

Well, if this were my guitar, I'd just make a couple of small "socks" to slip over the left and right guitar supporting portions of the hanger. Little tubes. Cloth would be nice, but quickly rolling, taping, and trimming the length of paper would be an easy fix (precaution). Or just wrap e...

Yes! The Gear Page! Good call. This specific page looks like a good place to post a question: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?forums/luthiers-guitar-bass-technical-discussion.29/ Most of my past visits to The Gear Page were to look at the guitars for sale offers, and you needed to join (...

Maybe the lacquer could be thinned and removed from below the frets, the frets reseated, a hard finish applied over the fretboard and existing wire, and a fret dress performed to remove the layer on the fret surfaces. This would be preferable from an economic standpoint! Does it sound feasible to y...

There has been a lot of discussion about this, on this web site as well as others. Here's a somewhat recent discussion from this site: http://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=411536 Here are other website search results. Read through them and you will discover that there are addit...

^ ^ ^ ...and then you could swing by and visit Kerouac Park (I'd like to...)....

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