Over the years ive read many posts about how player's MUST have certain spec's, its all they can play etc, and they spend a lot of money to get this 'perfect' bass, but then get a cheap bass to play pubs etc. I get it, but always chuckle when I read things like that.
My P bass is pretty much irreplaceable, being a very limited edition that would be hard to replace, but if something happened to it id just buy something else. In fact it's me having this bass that has caused me to buy and sell other, possibly better basses.
I guess that's the advantage of never spending silly money on a bass.