My first bass was a Marlin Sidewinder.
My first decent bass was a 1977 P bass in natural bought early 90s for £200 it was a bit hacked about but the sound was there.
i had a couple of these back in the day,i remember the neck plate print and the larger 70s style machine heads
used one as my main bass for quite some time was a great bass although both the ones i had were rosewood fingerboards
i saw that as im in Kent its on my watchlist but i wont bid have to many p basses.
i had the maida vale which was nice enough,but for me the tonerider is a great pickup for the money
i have one in my old Fernandes and when i plugged it in the other day after a while of not using it,i had forgotten how nice and punchy it is.
I have one its a really nice bass,Bartolini pickups/electronics,hipshot bridge and schaller tuners with a wenge fret board and flame maple top.
It plays really nice i have never had to touch the setup.
Its on mine under the MTV listings, i only got iparamount to watch it live and couldnt find it on the day and watched it on youtube live via MTV in the end.