Once again I've slightly overpaid for a worn out end-of-life bass guitar. This time it is a Dearmond Jet Star 'Spel'. At one point I owned the upmarket version. It was sparkly pink and had two "Mickey Mouse" style pickups. A series of poorly judged and poorly executed things happened to that instrument...
I still have my Dearmond Starfire that I documented here previously. This 'Spel' bass is clearly the ersatz model, as it has a bolt on neck and generic P Bass pickup in place of any repro heritage pickup.
The selling point for me was that wide open expanse between the pickup and neck, crying out for pickups various. I'm going to install a Mudbucker for sure, then weigh up my options.
Realistically though, every inch of this bass has scratches, chips and dents galore. It has clearly sat on a concrete floor as the points at the bottom of the body are heavily eroded. I could strip and refinish the bass, but that turns weeks into months, in my experience. I will try and sympathetically rejuvenate the finish but not lose any sleep over it.
