But these things were very variable. There was not a single day when Leo said “3 bolt necks from now on”, they used up the parts they had and those transitional models are out there somewhere
I’d say it’s a refin for sure. I wouldn’t worry about pots being a year or two out from neck and body serial. Fender had large parts bins and even necks and bodies weren’t often made at the same time.
that said, I’d still walk away for that money