Help Identifying This Bass

[Aggy]

Hi folks,
I just got this bass in a trade yesterday, but I can't tell what it is. I'm suspecting a custom build at this point, because the serial number isn't coming up on the Fender site.
It's Fender MIM roasted maple neck with Hipshot ultralight tuners and some neat binding on the top (and maybe luminlay side dots). J body with EMG pickups, a hipshot badass bridge, and apparently active electronics. The controls are just VVT though.
Thoughts? Not sure how to ID the body without taking it apart, which I don't want to do.

Thanks!

 

[drpepper]

I don't see why opening it up would do any harm, but I also don't think would necessarily tell you where the body came from. Seems like you know everything you need to know...it's a parts bass and there's roughly $800-850 in parts cost there by current pricing, not including the body, which could have come from anywhere but is apparently not Fender.

 

[lowendblues]

Is that a gap in the neck pocket? or is it just a bad fitting pickguard?

 

[Aggy]

Is that a gap in the neck pocket? or is it just a bad fitting pickguard?

It's the pickguard. Previous owner had a bunch of spares but kept them to even out the trade. There's also this snazzy binding stripe along the top and heel of the neck.

 

[Killing Floor]

The retainer is a little off center but functionally fine. No idea about the body. Looks cool so rock it.