This discussion could and probably will go on for a good while yet, almost certainly no conclusion will be drawn and the OP will still have the same opinion.
I would just like to add, that today I have been playing my 66 P and yet again just opening the case made me feel happy. It also felt and sounded (to me) very lovely.
Also I have been playing my 2013 Dingwall P bass and that was every bit as enjoyable.
I'm sure my post has been of no use whatsoever