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I have just heard back from rickenbacker that the serial number on the bass is a custom order and if I send pics they will verify what it is, so.... No modifications. I now think my wife has excellent taste in guitars! (not that I didn't think she had good taste before!!!)

My Wife bought it second hand from a shop in London quite a few years ago and didn't get any paperwork with it, it's serial number is from 1994, I took it to get it restrung last week, I can only go on what the guy said but after looking at it for a while he said the fret board was original and that ...

The board is light (lighter than it looks in the photos), it has a golden tone rather than the reddish brown of bubinga, it also has a matt lacquer.
Do you have photos of yours before you sold it?

thanks! do I need to insure it? got it second hand so have no papers with it

pics at last... here's a conundrum for you - micro dots and wood neck???

jdogric12 - no worries about what it is, just may need to get it insured separately, wouldn't dare sell it whatever it is - it would be more than my life's worth (gift from my wife)

If the fretboard is reddish brown wood (bubinga) with position markers about 3/16" in diameter on the face of the fretboard, then your's is what I guess it to be.

Thanks Bassduke49, it doesn't have any markers on the face of the fretboard, it has tiny microdots on the upper side of the neck ...

Thanks - I'll post pictures tonight, I'm bringing it back from the guitar shop today...

Following 5 years of ownership I thought it was time for a re-string, got a bit of a shock in the bass shop when the guy serving me looked in awe when her opened the case. I then discovered that I own a left hand fretless Blackstar (didn't even know one existed) It has an original neck (not a ...