Check out this '65 Fender 5 string.

[Pekka]

Fast forward to 2:15 and hear John Paul Jones playing some pick-style funk on a Fender Bass V. Doesn't sound like his Jazz or not as raunchy as his Rotosound-stringed '52 Precision. A pic from the gig:


According to the sound here he might have used it in the studio on "The Crunge".

Another Bass V player was Tom Petersson:

[Pekka]

Rick Price (The Move/Wizzard):

[eb2]

I think I would enjoy hearing what Wizzard did live.

[ilan]

Somehow, when held horizontally (playing position) it is considerably less ugly than when photographed vertically (typical eBay/music store pic). It's like the Thacher effect.