Do tell!!! What are the warts you've found on yours?
The worst part is the bridge. In order to intonate the low E properly, you have to have the saddle all the way back, but then the screw tilts up and interferes with the string movement!
I finally figured out that I can pull the bridge towards the nut and it shifts to where it is less tilted and it works fine. I think it's related to the way the tremolo unit works. Supposedly I should be able to set the tremolo so it won't move (there's a little screw) but I can't get it to work. One big question is whether the new ones have the same bridge or a more authentic Bass VI bridge - apparently the one on the '90s ones are Jazzmaster/Jaguar bridges?
I had a MIJ '96 like that. They had tort guards... Did you replace the guard? Sure looks nice with the b/w/b.
The tort guard it came with was HORRIBLE! Here it is with the original guard:
You can kind of see a splotch of yellow, and up close it looks like a badly printed image. I had Chandler make a replacement, but it didn't fit at all! So I had someone else - I think the guy who does the Rickenbacker stuff - that one didn't fit completely - had to file the holes the the bridge posts go through, and the screws around the switches didn't match up, but at least I could get it on!