Well, unfortunately I'm experiencing the downside of owning a vintage Fender... it's a lot of money tied up in a luxury plaything, so when real life intervenes (need building work doing on the family home), it's hard to otherwise justify struggling unnecessarily.
I've had a year with my dream bass at least - the '65 P bass
Packing it up to send to Andy Baxter to deal with so I can avoid the ballache of trying to sell such a thing from home.
It's a sad day...