Bumpers...

[Martin Byrne]

Yes Ken, the Ebony is actually a flush part of the edging now. You can see it in the picture and also evidence that at some point, other bumpers have been on that Bass.
With reference to damage to the original edging; Danny told me his bass (Affectionally named Victoria,) was quite heavily damaged during a customs "inspection" at Heathrow sometime back...so maybe thats when the alteration was made.