NBD - ✔Cheap ✔Unique ✔Matching HS ✔Cheap ✔Blue ✔Cheap

I bought a Chinese copy of a Chinese copy of a Fender instrument. (Yes, I repeated myself intentionally.) The original copy is a Stagg BM350‑SNB, obviously copying the Fender Jag. Well I discovered a used copy of that copy (or more likely, the same instrument with a different name on the headstock). I've never heard of Starsun, but it's apparently a Chinese mfg under a larger instrument production company that I've also never heard of.
The bass has a little gunk on the bottom of the body, but it'll rub off. The gold hardware is getting worn, but it looks cool that way. (I think so anyways, even though I would prefer non-gold hardware. But it's decent quality either way.) The neck feels like the cheapest Squier you can imagine; equal in quality to an Affinity I would say. The body is nice and light. The MM pickups sound good. Much louder output than my Squier VMJ5, as I would expect. (I've never owned a bass with an MM pickup, let alone played one with dual MMs. So it's even more unique to me in that regard.) No clue when it was made. Any ideas? I wold guess early 2000's.
I might rewire it, and definitely get some fresh strings on it. But it's not a bad 4 banger at all. Pretty much at the SX level. I would certainly bring it out to a gig where I had concerns about the environment. (Theft, the elements, etc.)
So anyways, I bought it for $100. With a nice hard case. (Pictured.) Totally worth it.
I don't know if I'll hang on to it for too terribly long though. I just sold three nicer basses and ended up buying two cheap ones! (The original point was to cut down in number, not recoup costs!) I'm going to have to re-evaluate my decisions soon, as I'll be a newlywed come November and I'll be moving out of my apartment to a place with my wife. So space restrictions are little more likely.
Anyways, this guy should hopefully sate my GAS and bass curiosity for a little while longer. At least until a few months after I'm married... We'll see.

(Oh, also it's NPD for me as well. My FedEx pal should be showing up to bring me my MXR Bass Octave Deluxe any minute now!)

 

Genius! But then I'll also need the guest bedroom for my... "office" ...

Cool. I think it plays like a $200 bass. I would've given more than I paid for it anyways.

 

I just really wish the fretboard was maple.
Other than that, I'm happy with it.

 

Thanks man! The combination of unique features did it for me. The matching headstock, bright blue, MM/MM config, body shape, etc.

Um, okay...

Yeah, I saw your posts about it when I was looking into buying it. I can totally see where you're coming from and how they could be hit or miss. But my experience so far has been that it's easily adjusted for neck relief and string/pickup height. I was able to get it playable without much effort, as it certainly didn't come that way out of the case.
Makes me wonder if there are any actual differences between this and the Stagg counterpart...

 

Thanks man, it seems like it!

Also got my MXR BOD in. Looking forward to playing around with it!