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I’m sure the MIM Geddy Lee is every bit as good as the MIJ. Mine is a Bitsa. MIJ Geddy Lee body, Status Graphite Neck. Sounds great, nice to play- I still don’t get on with the shape of Fender Jazz basses though so may sell it at some point.

Drifting. Jimi Hendrix

Pretty vacant - Pistols

Born Slippy - Underworld

World shut your mouth - Julian Cope

The Fool on the hill - Beatles

There she goes - The La’s

Clean my wounds - Corrosion of Conformity

Alright Slough - Free

Cry me a river - Ella Fitzgerald

Nope none of it bothers me. Only thing I can’t be dealing with is complicated instruments with levers, switches and knobs everywhere. That’s mainly because I’m a buffoon that has enough trouble getting a decent sound from a Precision.

Swamp music - Lynyrd Skynyrd

So long marianne - Leonard Cohen

What the world needs now - PiL

Inertia creeps - Massive Attack

Schools Out - Alice Cooper

Boys from the county hell - The Pogues

Strong -London Grammar

Super Blue - JJ Cale

Like most topics this one is entirely subjective! If you have the money to buy your ideal bass ( or basses as it’s pretty tricky to find one bass that will do everything) then modding/upgrading whatever you want to call it is pointless. If you only have the cash to buy a budget instrument and are happy with the way it looks and sounds then it’s pointless to change it. If you don’t like how it looks or sounds but can afford incremental changes then why not do so? If your a hobbyist meddler and get a kick out of making changes then as long as no small animals are harmed in the process why should anyone care? Finally if your looking at buying another bass and someone is charging more for changes you don’t like don’t buy it. If it’s overpriced it won’t sell.

Indeed. Sometimes breaking down the bass and selling some parts on and keeping others for the next project is also an option. I’m speaking as someone who did a few of these projects just to keep sane during lockdown rather than as general advice!

I’ve moved on modded instruments, Bitsa’s, factory originals. Some worked for me, others didn’t. Some were traded up, some to free up space, some to raise cash for other projects. I’ve made money, lost money but the cost to reward ratio on all of them was in balance to the reward. Hours of enjoyment for small change in the grand scheme of things.

Come away with me - Norah Jones

Seven days of falling - E.S.T

I guess it’s all about how you do things. In the past I’ve sold stock Squire machine heads on a used bass for £25-30 on eBay/Gumtree and bought used Hipshot or Schaller ones for £50ish and stock Squire pickups for £30ish and bought used Dimarzio Model P/EMG GZR/Tonerider for £60ish so spending £50 or £60 in total. Even after doing so as the bass was used to start with it’s still a couple of hundred quid cheaper than a stock new one. Money well spent for me but others will have a different point of view.