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£600 - ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

A crimble present for someone they don't like?

Well, I don't think I can unsee it.

Yes - a clickbait title and then when you read the details...

Cockamamey - that's a word!

But the title of the auction is: "Genuine Fender 1973 Telecaster P bass guitar Precision Jazz roadworn 70's 51P" The details then clarify that half of the instrument isn't "Genuine Fender 1973".

There's no way that transfer on the headstock is 45 years old!

I like the bass version.

Billy Squier is one of my favourite artists. I think that comment came about after that really awful video he did. He did have some chorus singers on one of his albums, called Billy's Choir...

Well, there are approaches you can choose from when upgrading. I tend to try and put a budget on upgrading cheapies and certainly going past the value of the instrument probably busts that; otherwise it might just be a better option to get a better one in the first place. Since Spirits are sub-£200 instruments (s/h), I would most likely baulk at a pair of £80 pickups. (Of course, that's my approach - no reason why yours has to be the same!)

The problem is those Aguilars are rather pricey...

I've just seen it on FB too!

Well, I managed to acquire one pickup for the Spirit 5 and I've just wired it in today. It's not bad, but I'm still keeping an eye out for another, or replacements. I also shifted my Rickenberger plans to a 4-string, which is coming along. Sadly, the outgoing 4-string pickups don't fit the 5-er.

It's no longer there.

That is impressively ugly.

Complete baloney (bar the string swap comment, of course).

Actually, I think I over-valued it; I forgot about the re-styled tuners. £20 for the pickups.

£300 for a totally bodged Squier. There might be £50 in parts there, minus one hacked tuner.

Nicely blended in, too.