Not a fan of PJ basses at all, so only after the 3-pickup variant. I was disappointed by Godin's regressive policy of adopting the standard PJ configuration, but then again G&L and Music Man have gone down this route recently. More basses of all types need a pickup right down the end of the neck, period. Gibson and Rickenbacker got it right.
I think I maybe worked myself up a bit about getting a Mustang.
In an ideal world I would have space and money for 'em all (aka
doing a Uwe). I'm actually looking to buy a car in the next few months, so spare bass cash just isn't there.
It's a slightly odd turn of events, really. I traded a 2005 Mexican Precision bass for the Mike Dirnt bass. The Mexican bass is the reason I got the Mustang. Having now got the Dirnt, it doesn't really seem to be the scale length or nut width that bothered me about the Mexican bass, simply that the neck was surprisingly shallow, fret-to-skunk-stripe. The Dirnt neck is like a baseball bat, split down the middle. I thought it might be an issue, but it is surprisingly comfy and 'faster' than the Mex bass. My left hand wasn't digging the Mex neck but, if anything, the Mustang bass was a step too far the other way. For the first few weeks the Mustang cured all the ills of the Mexican Precision, but then I noticed that my right hand was getting cramped up, in part because of the lack of contouring and in part because the string spacing is narrower. Also, as mentioned before, right hand placement makes a lot of difference in a very small sphere of influence.
The odd thing is that I was way more certain about what I wanted in a bass five years ago, and now I'm starting to doubt everything.