Strange Ibanez RS924 in France

[Jeroen]

...with a rosewood fingerboard!
I have never seen a Roadster with a rosewood fingerboard. Must be a modification?
http://www.zikinf.com/annonces/dispanno ... nce=749356

[danomite64]

It must be. The smaller dots at the 24th fret look weird, too.

[bajito]

the fingerboard has been changed by a luthier, instead of the original mapple.

here is the explanation, in French : http://forum.onlybass.com/index.php?/to ... ster-1979/

that's a nice bass I would have bought in other circontances.

[Jeroen]

The explanation doesn't make things better: it says the original ebony fingerboard was changed to rosewood. But these things never came with an ebony fingerboard either! The necks were all maple.

Edit: oh, when I follow the link in that post there's a different explanation: the previous owner had the maple board changed to rosewood. So there has never been an ebony fingerboard on this bass.

Man, I love that colour. I like it much better than the sunburst finish on mine.

[bajito]

You've got the answer now !

And yes, that's a nice bass, maybe a bit heavy.

[Jeroen]

Yes, Roadsters are very heavy! Mine is the heaviest bass I own.
But it has a great Precision-like feel and sounds amazing, and amazingly versatile.

[plop]

wow! Very nice find Jeroen!
On my wanted list!!!

With that replaced custom fingerboard I would prefer test driving it.
To bad its a longgg drive to Lion to test it.

The neck is done by a luthier right? It's not a later Ibanez made neck?
Guess Maple would be nicer aswell/anyway.
hmmm......

[Jeroen]

Another lefty Ibanez thad underwent some drastic surgery...
A Blazer that had its pickguard removed, a second splitcoil pickup installed, and its jack moved from the pickguard to the side of the body to accommodate an extra volume pot. Poor bass
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Blazer ... 2ebbe2ad3e

[bajito]

wow! Very nice find Jeroen!
On my wanted list!!!

With that replaced custom fingerboard I would prefer test driving it.
To bad its a longgg drive to Lion to test it.

The neck is done by a luthier right? It's not a later Ibanez made neck?
Guess Maple would be nicer aswell/anyway.
hmmm......

As mentionned, it seems to be just a change of the fretboard. I can ask if you're interested.