2012 M2000 missing serial plate

[Acp]

Hello, I recently got a m2000. It plays great. But I noticed that it doesn't have the serial plate on the headstock. Rather, it has the decal. I've seen one other example like this, and I read that in 2012 a few instruments still used this style if they were some kind of special edition. There are no cherryburst special editions from 2012 that I can find, so my theory is that this was a trade show demo instrument. However, the spec sheet does not list the neck as quarter sawn, which it is. So another possibility is that the neck was replaced.

I'm very happy with the instrument, but I'm also curious about it's history. My main concern is that if it's some kind of one off, I don't want to tinker with it. But if it's just a mass production bass with it's neck replaced, I might want to see what kind of mods I can do.

Anyway, thanks for your help in advance.

Here is the reverb listing with some photos, including the spec sheet and serial number: https://reverb.com/item/89275700-g-l-m- ... ctive-bass

Now I will attempt to add my own photos:

[Craig]

The Reverb Ad listing is not accessible, but your photos which you posted are in this thread.
I suggest you contact Memo Romero [G&L/BBE Service Manager] at repairs@bbesound.com
and ask him to lookup the Serial Number in the factory logs to see if that neck was a replacement
for the original one on your M-2000 bass. It is not unusual for G&L to replace a bad neck with
an upgraded quarter-sawn neck. If it was a replacement it likely happened after they changed back
to water slide decal Serial Numbers. Please update this post once you heard from Memo.

Hope this helps.

[Acp]

Hi, I'll send them a message, thanks. Sorry about the double post, I got an error the first time. It seems that Chrome works and Brave doesn't.