Our ragtag, amateur band plays only pre-1964 music and, of the instrumental pieces, only early Ventures and Shadows.  We try to capture the sound of both bands (not successfully so far, I’m afraid) and so use instruments close to what our heroes used then.  That cuts down the variables and also gives our audience an authentic scene on stage.

That limits our choice to Precision Basses.  Our bass guitarist, seen below, is quite petite with small hands, but she manages on the wider PBass fretboard.  She also had to learn to play with a pick.
She has a PBass for Ventures pieces, sunburst as Nokie’s, but her's is a modern one, closer to a mid-1959+ model with a rosewood fretboard and white pickguard.  She wants to add bridge and pickup covers, as Nokie apparently kept his on.

Andy

I like the Tiara.  She's the "queen" of base geetar.