Youre clearly a witch and must be burned
how dare you suggest that there is zero practical difference between two choices ?
you’ll be trying to tell me “old wood” is fundamentally different to slightly less old wood next 🤷♂️
Serial not found is a big red flag
the blocks probably are stickers, but the ferrule and string retainers look a bit hooky to me, exactly as they did to @HeadlessBassist
I’d say it was a bitsa