The rarest Ibanez Musician MC???

Given the other modifications to the bass and the complete lack of dots on the fingerboard (that we can see), I would hazard a guess that this is one of the hybrid fretted/fretless models that has had some extra frets installed.

I believe there were actually two versions of the hybrid made, but the model numbers escape me at the moment.

-Alex

Edit: Yes, when you zoom in on the pic, you can clearly see two inlaid dots on the fingerboard around the last fret. Ibanez placed small dots on the fingerboard of the fretless models underneath the G string.

 

Could be a Alphonso Johnson model? Here is a pic of my '79 but it's a closet queen I no longer play it.

 

The Alphonso Johnson is the only model I've ever seen with either oval inlays or the curved fretboard end. The fact that there are no inlays past the 12th fret seems like a pretty good reason to think it was the half-fretless Alphonso Johnson model. Another quick confirmation would be checking whether there are (or were) side dots under the fret positions past the 12th fret:

 

Yes there is, see my edit above; you can make out the double-dot inlay on either side of the 24th fret under the G string. (And I bet you will find the side markers are in between the frets up the 12th fret, and then on the fret from there to the 21st. Just like mikezimmerman said above.)

Alphonso Johnson model. That's it. But, if I'm not mistaken, there were two models; this one and a "regular" version with more conventional Musician parts.

 

This is a regular 924, no? Looks very nice, and a shame to be relegated to the closet. Any problems with it?

-Alex

 

Ah, new side dots, too. That makes sense. But you can see at least two of the original side dots clearly in your last photo. But also noticeable is the clear poly finish is missing around the new dots and the fret ends, like you mentioned.

Yeah, shame about the pickups, but the routing only seems a little wider than normal. But good luck trying to find an original pair of Super-4 pickups.

Still, adding those extra frets at least made it a usable instrument. (Unless you're one of those "there is no money above the 12th fret" kinda guys. )

 

Found some info on the pickups that may have been in the original AJ10:

Any Ibanez Musician Bass users out there!!

So I'm thinking if it originally had these pickups in it, it is an AJ10. If had the regular Musician Super-4, it is an MC924H. Pure speculation on my part about the distinction, though.

 

This is the bass that I owned few years back. I would buy it back anytime. Can anybody give me the contact of the person who has this bass? Thanks