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They're not supposed to have the cut out for the truss rod bump
These are from reissues; Classic 50's, '57 RI and '58RI, and none of these have the cut out because they all have the vintage style truss rod adjuster, i.e. the neck has to come off.
AFAIK no MIJ reissues have gold pickguards and I believe these are all USA made regardless of what bass they came on.
Hope this helps.
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Exactly. Cheers.
(what he said)