Stingray5

Going To A Town - Rufus Wainwright

Welcome To The Machine - Pink Floyd

Very interesting to hear this. Thanks for posting @Mykesbass. Karen Carpenter's voice was incredible (she was a pretty decent drummer, too, of course) and certainly a personal favourite, only matched -- at least in the 'pop' world at the time -- by (imho) Mama Cass Elliot and Dusty Springfield.

There's No One Quite Like Grandma - St Winifred's School Choir

Sex Kills - Joni

Jeans On - David Dundas

Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News

Nurse Hand Me The Scalpel Please - Thomas Mundahl

Somebody Up There Likes Me - David Bowie

Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley

Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed

Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold

Easy To Slip - Little Feat

When The S*** Hits The Fan - The Circle Jerks 🙄

Prisoner Of Love - James Brown

Love Her - The Walker Brothers

Love Me Two Times - The Doors

Me, Myself, I - Joan Armaplating

Standing in the Way of Control - Gossip

Free As A Bird - The 'Threetles'

Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd

Beer Belly - Chas n Dave

Hmmm, if you are absolutely, definitely, positively sure you won't need a fretted bass in the future, then I guess the Status neck option is the way to go and you get to retain the 'Ray5 as your (I assume) main bass. That said, I'd also be sorely tempted to go for the Ibanez (or Cort) option -- maybe also consider the Sire fretless 5, if you haven't already? I certainly agree that you should NOT mess with the fretted Ray5 neck!

Duck, You Sucker - Ennio Morricone (Theme)