2 Tone Laserburst with slight sunburst headstock.

Def looks good.

Buy bodies and necks unfinished.
You save half doing it yourself.

The cheap fun bass, The Bronco Bass. Can be handed down to the nephew/son/daughter/niece if not up to scratch.

Flying V '67 with vibrola. Everything else's either too pointy or too buick-y.

Might come useful one day..

Shipping from the US to my side of the world would take 2 weeks. Fine, but what bugs me is the no-tracking situation here.
Which is why I ebay only for pieces of wood & metal, while Ishibashi japan serves the pedals & full guitar area.