Cheers for the lovely comments,
BASSKIT: The nate mendel is great bit of a chunky 70's feel (Depth wise that is, the width is a slim precision neck wise), but the synergy of the ash body and the 70's neck and the SD QP pickup is great.
Just as well..... as i had a dark teatime of the soul justifing nigh on £700 on a mexican bass. But what a bass....
This squier on the other hand is as slender as you could wish...