I got offered this bass from the seller about a week ago before he listed it but passed. He said his sources told him that a number of these were made. But after doing an extensive web search, I came up with THREE......except all three turned out to be the SAME BASS.
I had photos of this one, sent by the seller. I also found the same bass in its old for sale ad in the UK....and the same bass was listed in the photo files of the Ric Resource website.
This bass has some easy to ID marks on it, so it is definitely the same one.
With all the odd things about it...and only being able to find this single example....I thought it too "iffy."
Seller DOES seem like a nice guy. Also, I had JUST bought a different high-ticket Ric bass from him that I returned , after it turned out to have issues (bad neck angle, undisclosed hidden route, swapped PUP/electronics.) He refunded my money in full, without any problems....and it had been bought directly with a bank check, so he easily could have told me to "FK off" and gotten away with it!! But he was a VERY stand-up guy. Didn't even charge me for the initial shipping, as most dealers would.
So, as a seller, I would HIGHLY recommend him.