I'm sorting out my purchase from last year. As you can see from the photo it had an extra pickup added and I'm going to get the hole routed and a piece glued in. Likewise the bridge was swapped out and the whole area has a number of extraneous holes so will get that routed and sorted too, keeping the string through holes (obviously)! I know there is a view that leaving the Bass 'as is' is more authentic than sorting it, but I'm not going for a 'as new finish', as it has quite a few chips anyway.
I'm sorting out my purchase from last year. As you can see from the photo it had an extra pickup added and I'm going to get the hole routed and a piece glued in. Likewise the bridge was swapped out and the whole area has a number of extraneous holes so will get that routed and sorted too, keeping the string through holes (obviously)! I know there is a view that leaving the Bass 'as is' is more authentic than sorting it, but I'm not going for a 'as new finish', as it has quite a few chips anyway.