Nice to have two opposing views already.
I've been keeping an eye on the latest reissue Danelectro Shorthorn/DC59 basses. I saw a photograph of one in black that got my mind racing.
Chris P. Vintage white/tort guard. They are £520 or so on Thomann, Guitarguitar etc.
I've never encountered a heavy Mustang, but given that they are uncontoured I can believe it could happen.
It isn't just the weight of my P bass that bothers me, it is the ergonomics. I had, and sold, a Jazz bass before it. The body shape is great but, in my mind, about 10% too large. I guess this is the reason several boutique manufacturers offer J basses on a smaller footprint. My P bass just feels a little unwieldy after an hour of hammering through songs. I love the tone of it, so it won't be going anywhere, but I did find myself coming up with reasons to put it down for a minute after a few tunes.
To be completely honest, I've been jonesing for a Mustang for years, but it has always been the 3rd or 4th bass on the bucketlist. Just before I went to college I picked up a copy of Can's Tago Mago album. The bassist Holger Czukay uses (an admittedly much modified) Mustang on the album, and it was one of the albums that I first really started to pick out the bass parts on in depth, possibly with assistance. It seems that now I have a slightly more practical use for one.
Holger Czukay: