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Book cover..

And the moral of this story is never change your strings from the set supplied.
Just buy a new bass.
Ric, of course...

I don't think there's a need for all this conflict and for any ridicule. The original poster has bought and paid for the guitar and so he can do whatever he likes with his own property..... and it's all good, as long as he gets a result he's personally happy with. It may very well be that the guitar...

I would get a replica built rather than have major work done on a pefectly good guitar to try to make it into something else.

No soap in the ones we have.
Just a tiny bit of water and a wipe over the fingerboard, then another wipe to dry the board worked a treat

I've cleaned my 4003W fingerboard with a VERY slightly damp scourer (and a very light touch) to get the muck off it and dried it immediately after doing it.

It took seconds and it comes up a treat.

I imagine the thought of them being discontinued was because the finish was maybe mentiioned as being a Colour Of The Year at one point.

The Youtube vid is dead now.

I'm trying to answer questions elsewhere about Macca's arsenal of basses.

I've just read this with utter disbelief.
My heart breaks for you. I really hope that you get more of them back.
Pawn shops should be made to pay only to a bank account with full ID.