i started learning late last summer and bought 2 basses to start with as they both had different sounds then last christmas my wife bought me a really cheap crappy precision copy that sounds incredibly good for the price, it has that really deep thumping precision sound to it and i love it, i pick it up everyday without fail, then i bought my mexican precision about 3 weeks ago so one had to go, i got rid of the 2nd bass i bought as there was just something not right about it.
So i now have only three and also a project on the go, dont think i will be buying anymore in the near future but i would an acoustic bass and a jazz bass. ( we will have to see what the wife says)