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I think you can do a lot better for the money. £350 is at the very least £100 too steep for this and honestly doesn't seem like a big enough upgrade from the Aria. This is also a time where basses were "less handmade" than older vintage guitars, but used more modern maching. Current modern basses are more precisise in my experience as the modern machining tech has improved. A higher end Squier classic vibe series used would be within your budget and better. You could even buy it from a store with a free setup. Made in Mexico Fenders have also massively improved the past 10 years so if you can stretch your budget out to one of those too, it would be a decent upgrade. My experience with older Mexico Fenders was very, very meh or miss. The newer ones can be very good. A newer year used player series Fender P bass would be good if you can budget it.

Thats really cool. I like you didn't cheap out on the parts despite being a cheap bass. Looks rad.

I always thought newer G&L headstock was really cool looking. I think it only works on 4 strings, beyond that it's a little bloated looking. There's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay worse headstocks out there regardless.

I'm a little confused about CITES. This was a massive pain around 2017 when I imported a guitar from Japan. It's not an experience I want to go through again... I'm importing a bass from outside of the UK, to the UK. Specifically I'm looking to import a Hofner 500/1. Is this something I would still need to provide documentation for or can I just import without worrying? The instrument isn't vintage. Anyone with recent experience, or knowledge? Cheers!

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