Aren't these guitars worth like 60 bucks? I bet mine is worth 20 bucks, but if I get famous it will be worth millions.
You used to be able to snag them for about $60 in stores. These days the prices have just about doubled on them. Still a solid gigable axe in it's stock form for dirt cheap. I personally wouldn't worry about the originality of them so the OP should just mod away if they want to.