For obvious reasons, Fender should not be the gold standard here!
And if you want to do something like that, do it right - like an American quilt:
Sandberg initially presented that bass ("California Patchwork") only as a demo (to visualize their design variations in an eye-catching way) on a fair, but there was an immediate commercial demand for it. The way this is done, I actually like it. A harlequin bass, why not, you probably wouldn't play it in a death metal band. The additional work that by necessity goes into a composite Frankenstein bass like this, actually makes it quite expensive: EUR 3.000.
And thank God it's not relic'ed. I've never understood why people want to make new stuff that has not been used look old or why they have issues with an instrument no longer shiny and new, but showing natural signs of wear and tear. Either is fine by me (work- and playability is key), but the creation of an illusion that is neither ...
