I sold my basses years ago when I was short on cash but when I had a few quid I bought another bass for £35 quid and I was perfectly happy where theres a will theres a way.
I bought a bass a while back that had a crack in the neck, opened the crack up fired some superglue In it the clamped it wire wool to flatten it back has been stable ever since.
I put standard fender type saddles on mine which hopefully means I can string thru, body but I haven't tried it yet as I'm not sure if I prefer string thru or not.