I am old and less sweaty than I used to be too. I don't play this for more than 30 minutes at a time but it always leaves traces of the fretboard dye. Not like I dipped my hands in paint or anything, just enough that I notice it. I was told in the past that my sweat was highly alkaline so maybe that is why? Or that could be a bunch of crap that I was being fed, but my plucking arm leaves a nice smudge on most of my basses.
I bought this initially because I wanted an RD to modify, but the prices were going up and I didn't want to pay top dollar for a nice vintage one and gut it. I had seen a couple of the Standards on Ebay with Rio Grande Pitbulls and thought I wanted to try the same with two different pickups to give more tonal options. This was a good price so I bought it and started gathering parts. There is a Dimarzio X2NB in the neck and a Bill Lawrence EB50 in the bridge. Both have push-pull volume pots for coil splitting. The Dimarzio is very aggressive and more bassy than I expected, but I really like it. The Lawrence has a much brighter sound and really is a great sounding pickup. I like to use the split coil on the neck and run the bridge full on for a raunchy rock attack. I said I wanted this to be a "Junkyard Dog" bass that sounded mean and nasty, and it does. You can make it sound nice and smooth, but why would I? haha
I also had a new guard made, a kill switch replaced the input, and the jack was moved to the end like a Tbird, and added the Hipshot. This thing is a beast for sure.