I am very happy with the bass and I keep it! You said 'I doubt it's even Squier'. Squier made some very good guitars.
Thanks for the information and time.
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Fender Customshop??? Purple Sparkle!
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Indeed they make. But when the question is whether the bass is a Fender CS, oh well...
Yeah. Seriously. It's a knock off. There are no plausible reasons why a legit Custom Shop bass could have that many red flags. Another thing to watch out for is taking Korean instruments with a CNxxxxxxx serial number, adding logos and claiming it's a Custom shop Nineties instrument.
If you made sure truss rod works fine, there are no issues with the neck (twisting-warping), the electronics work fine, if it sounds and feels good to you, enjoy! 
But seriously, my Squier has better soldering than that. This is not only not CS quality, it is not even midrange quality. Looks like a cheap knock-off that has been upgraded with nice tuners and bridge. Have you checked the pickups? Maybe they are some cool pus in there. Pots and wiring look cheap, but it´s cheap to replace if you so desire.
$200-300 is what I would pay for it. Probably would get a used MIM Fender with that money though, but that's just me.
But seriously, my Squier has better soldering than that. This is not only not CS quality, it is not even midrange quality. Looks like a cheap knock-off that has been upgraded with nice tuners and bridge. Have you checked the pickups? Maybe they are some cool pus in there. Pots and wiring look cheap, but it´s cheap to replace if you so desire.
$200-300 is what I would pay for it. Probably would get a used MIM Fender with that money though, but that's just me.
I think the 3-bolt conversion on the body is interesting. Looks like it might be a Frankenbass that was set up to be someone's working instrument (addition of tilt plate in the 3-bolt config) and maybe, hopefully mocked up by some trickster as a Fender later on in life.
I am no Fender expert, in fact, everything I know about Fender (which is not 1% of what some people in this thread know) I learned here on Talkbass, by the very helpful (although sometimes sarcastic) people on this very forum.
I don't know if it is just my impression, but I get the feeling that some of the posts from the OP are quickly turning the helpful people into the sarcastic people.
I don't know if it is just my impression, but I get the feeling that some of the posts from the OP are quickly turning the helpful people into the sarcastic people.
Yeah dude, don't listen to the collective wisdom / consensus.
Enjoy your Funder CustomSlop.
Not saying it's the case here, but more often than not, I swear it's the fakers themselves posting their forgeries here FOR us to vet out wrong, so they can make better fakes. Stop doing it. You're exacerbating the problem. Just say "FAKE" and move on.
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Haven't you read anything?
If you have a headstock that is painted and then clearcoated, and you cut down the wood, the edge of the paint where it was cut would be at least scuffed, it wouldn't be as smooth as the uncut edges. Is that something you see?
In the photo you posted you can see where, under the closest fretline, the fret removal pulled out little bits of wood with it. It is obvious to anyone who has ever defretted a neck that that is what this is.
Fifty bucks? No, no, no. This is a Fender Custom Shop. The thinnest, most water-resistant in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in California, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This is *the* sports bass of the '80s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty five dollars retail!
