Hmmmmmmmmmmm I'm a a IH Farmall man myself. Makes me sorry I sold the poor thing. Well RS is in Tennessee 
No they're not. They're in Winchester, Kentucky, much closer to Ohio than Tennessee. Besides, RS didn't do the John Deere finish. The fact that the music store knows the original color and says it's a refin makes me think they did that finish (or knows who did) but don't want to take credit for it. There's nothing wrong with a tractor-themed bass, but this is one of RS's limited run Explorer-birds. Anyone looking to resell it after painting it like that doesn't get what that bass is about.
The pups, you want to love them 'cause they're chrome but they are a bit on the weak, listless side.
I've speculated that those Fralin custom pickups were designed around a tube guitar preamp. They don't sound very T-Birdy at all until they're fed into a high impedance tube input stage. Then, they get VERY growly. Into most s/s bass amp preamps, they would be pretty listless.
