I guess this makes it a very good copy... down to the glueburst!
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1976-IBANEZ-LAWSUIT-COPY-BASS-/290529375614?pt=Guitar&hash=item43a4e6757e#ht_11460wt_962
(http://www.warpdrivemusic.com/images/JohnM2011/F766124.08.jpg)
They must have thought it was an intentional effect.
Gone. The Rickenbezos strike again!
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. That auction never even existed.