I can't believe what a bunch of fakers you are!
At this rate, you will all be using botox in a few years.
It would never occur to me to make something on a bass look less cheap or less new. Either it does its job (and then I prefer aural qualities to beauty) or it doesn't, in which case it is off! In fact, I like something that looks trashy and cheap, but sounds great.
Uwe