No idea why Talkbass carries a candle for this guy.
But... but... once you level the fingerboard, install some proper pickups and electronics, replace the hardware, tidy up all the routing and give it a proper finish they are half decent basses!
The Wish guy got very lucky. I never got the feeling it was a joke at his expense. People definitely wanted the exclusivity factor of a hand-built bass for the price of a used Mexican Fender. The guy did some astonishingly crude work but, at the heard of it, there seems to have been some passable woodworking taking place.
Just, wow.