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I don't really need another P-bass but I keep looking at those cheap bolt-it-together-yourself kits on Thomann, you don't get much cheaper than them & the one their demo person on YouTube plays sounds great (though I would be tempted to drop a new wiring loom in & maybe change the pick-up later)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW-8IjEuUCA
(I'm also trying to remember how to read music at the moment & learning that bass line as I've never gotten round to it previously).
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Nice version. I went though a Jamerson obsession backwhen i was a gigging bass player. Learned loads of stuff from a book at the time. Might still have it somewhere...
Just had my head turned by this:
https://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_sq_cv_50s_p_bass_mn_2sb.htm
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Some kits are obviously really high quality, but I picked up a <£100 kit a few years ago ('Saga' - looked very similar photos to those Harley Benton ones, don't know if they're the same) and whilst it was fun and cheap and I got something decent looking to lean in the corner of the room, it wasn't playable. It would have needed at least a fret dress and setup to play properly; and if I'd have started into it, also a new nut and tuners.
The one she's playing has a decal on the headstock, which suggests at least that it's been given to some one to tart up for the video.
edit - don't want to put you off. I would get one again, as it's good fun to build your own thing, but just be aware that the quality might be quite variable.
Dooks-Fatberg
christianSpaceman
Just sold my Squire J bass… someone sell me a cheap and cheerful P bass please!