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Been sat on these two for a few years. Now and then I put them up for sale. People seem to want them for less than the cost of a new Mex, that ain't gonna happen, I'd rather leave them sat. Both come with fitted cases. The Blue one is nice and used, do damage, maybe a few surface marks, £399. The Gold (Seafoam) is mint as new unused £499. Ideally I'd swap one or bother for a decent Fender Jazz or Precision or a Sandberg. Any offers let me know. They are 12 or so years old. Will look the serials up again if needs be.# Can be viewed here. [url="http://nwb.co/blog/post/52696/steveblease/usa-strats"]http://nwb.co/blog/p...ease/usa-strats[/url]

Thanks... The answers are about what I had imagined. The refret thing is about the only unavoidable one and I can't see why it devalues the instrument, but it is what is is I suppose.

I've been meaning to put this questing up for a long long time, but didn't really know how to go about it. I'll break it down to just Fender Basses for ease of answers. I see a lot of people with modded basses, and some mods just seem to put people right off. Let's say we have two basses. A 1975 Jazz and a 1999 Jazz. Both have had identical mods. Which of the following would devalue the bass, or even add value if that's the case. Stripdown and Varnish Stripdown and new paint job. New Bridge/saddle New Pickups. New Pots and wiring. Refret. Broken but Professionally repaired Neck. New tuners. New Scratch plate and knobs. That's all I can think of for now. I'll assume that any mods done would be using high end or quite decent parts. For me, a new paint job puts me right off. I'd rather a honest looking bass than a tarted up one. I also don't like the thought of the original pickups being changed unless it was like for like same brand and age where possible. I don't mind a refret as if it needs to be done, then it needs to be done, but I do see some people are really not too happy with that. I can't see a way around a new fret job if the bass needs it. How you gonna ever play it again if the frets are gone? I do like the Badass bridge/saddle stuff and think it looks way better than the Fender one, but again, I think the original needs to be there. Oh well.... let's see what people think. Regards Steve Blease.

Do you have a web site for Synergy? I'm not sure I am finding the right one.

So, how did you go about the process of getting what you want?

Yeah, 'cos they charge something daft like £175 to trash it. LOL. plus whatever else they do.