Oakenbacker? Rickenbarker? Either way I’ll leaf the tonewood conversation for elsewhere.
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How do ya’ll get such expensive and rare basses??
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Pictures of these basses are found online and they’re posted in this thread.
The “Show Us Your Basses” thread is where personally owned basses are posted.
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ooh…sorry
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I feel strongly about those inlays, I am just not sure yet if it is love or hate. I am thinking lurve.
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Yes definitely love. How cool.
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It’s a beautiful piece of work, for sure. And, even though it’s got fanned frets, it has four strings, which will keep @joergkutter from questioning my allegiance thereof. 
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That was a foolish endeavor on my side 
Luckily, there are beautiful four-string basses and beautiful five-string basses (and, I hear, even beautiful six-stringers).
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I’m a sucker for fancy fret marker inlays. All my stuff just has dots and it’s kinda cheap looking. If I had snazzy feet inlays I’d probably wear it around town just to show off.
Well that one’s going to stop you trying to wrap your thumb around the neck!
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Beautiful customized Fender Precision build. Except for the upgraded pickups (bartolini) and tuners (carbon fiber) everything is Fender. The neck is roasted Maple it’s the Vintera 50s Precision.
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What are those knobs? Looks cool.
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no idea but yeah, for sure, looks cool !
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That finish is awesome.
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Seems to be On/Off switches for the pickups. The tone is set through a master tone roller pot 
And here’s their page full of eye candy 
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Maybe they pop out when you press them, like on my oven 
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Apparently, they do pop up/down when pressed.
Excerpt of the features description:
The on/off switching allows direct access to these (three pickups) sounds giving an immediate tone at your fingertips and a roller tone for extra shaping.
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Some really nice looking basses there for sure. I like how the neck joint area is scooped out on this one to make accessing the upper register easy.