I recently picked up a UniVox Mosrite copy , a HiFlier. And it’s a lot better than I originally expected , aside from one slippy tuner. It sounds really good. But I suppose I’m guilty of playing cheap basses through really nice amps.
I love that approach. Cheap instruments through nice amps is a great way to get cool sounds!
I used to own a Univox Moserite short-scale copy too. It was a great little bass, but I bought it with a specific hacky modification in mind...
I put a cheap guitar bridge and slotted a nut for 6 strings and hacked some guitar tuners onto the headstock, dropped a P90 copy on sale into the bridge pickup, and basically turned it into a baritone (though I strung it and tuned it differently than most).
This was in the 90s when baritone guitars barely existed, and a Fender Bass VI was out of my budget. The Univox cost me maybe $300 USD.
I did a terrible job, but I got a lot of mileage out of that instrument.