The 19th Dot?

[teeder]

Ok, I was playing the 4000 over the weekend and I got to wondering; when did Rick start putting the 19th position marker dots on the "S" basses?

[chefothefuture]

From the 4000's I've seen, it likes like the 19th fret dot started
around 71 or early 72.
Around the same time the Shedua strip started.

Funny-
I had one of the first v63's off the line and it had a 19th fret dot.

[bassduke49]

I have a '97 Fireglo V63 with the 19th fret dot. My theory is that assembler just grabbed a fretboard from from the "wrong" (S) pile:

[bottom4]

Funny-
I had one of the first v63's off the line and it had a 19th fret dot.

My early ’85 V doesn’t have a 19th

[ricosound]

... from the "wrong" (S) pile:

Are you calling Ricks a pile of S?

[teeder]

From the 4000's I've seen, it likes like the 19th fret dot started
around 71 or early 72.
Around the same time the Shedua strip started.

Hmm, that could be. I haven't seen many early 4000's.

[johnallg]

... from the "wrong" (S) pile:

Are you calling Ricks a pile of S?

The pile of "S" boards would have no binding and only dots.....

[antipodean]

From the 4000's I've seen, it likes like the 19th fret dot started
around 71 or early 72.
Around the same time the Shedua strip started.

That would line up with going from neck-through to set-neck.