One of the BC collective was in a Wishbone Ash tribute, AshboneUwish. As they were friends of mine, I saw them a few times and they were always better than the contemporary version/s of the actual band.
Even with the shipping and taxes, the newer one is still one of the cheapest, ‘name brand’, short scale, P basses available. If the nut width was wider, I’d be having a long hard think about a black one.
Probably a good decision. Having to learn all the material, combined with rehearsals, when your heart isn’t completely in it, would probably just piss you off and lead to you jacking it in. Being of a similar vintage, one’s time is better spent doing things that bring you joy.
AB sounds pretty good on everything he does. My band have decided to do Watching the Detectives, which Andrew played on. The Rumour were a great backing band.