My very first bass and amp came from Sears when I was about 11. Found a pic of them here... it was the white bass "E" and the amp "H":
One of the tuners on that bass broke after a week, and so my folks returned it and Sears replaced it with a different model - this time one that was precision-bass-shaped, fiesta red w/white guard, and the headstock was shaped the same as the white one above. I think they were "Cort", but didn't have any identifying marks. Crappy basses in retrospect, but I was thrilled at the time and happy my folks got it for me.
I learned to play on that thing (and upright at school), and also started learning about electronics - modified that amp with one of the distortion effects from Craig Anderton's book
I still have that bass, but ditched the amp in the late-90s.