I look at Fender basses the way a Hell's Angel looks at Harley Davidson motorcycles. Why buy a new one? Let the yuppies do that, there's plenty of old ones to go around.
My trend is that my newest bass is older than the previous one. 1990s Danelectro Longhorn, then a '70s Don R. Miller, and then most recently the '60s NR.
I like that trend!
Hell, I bought a lot of stuff new that has become vintage. Just like me , I guess Rick