Keep a watchful eye on the classifieds here. There's a Gotoh 201B bridge that I'd go for now. Superb bits of kit. If you are in no rush then drop in to the Other Musical Items regularly and you'll soon be kitted with top notch parts.
I bought one on Kindle and was delighted by the words but didn't realise there are no graphics in an eBook. Hugely disappointed but the words more than make up for it.
The neck/fingerboard worries me. The overhang of the fingerboard must mean it's longer but there are no additional frets. I am wondering what effect this has on the intonation as I reckon the frets higher up must be in the wrong place.
Very interesting but there are no details of what the 'chargeable extras' actually are. That would be helpful (as I am interested). Do you carry it or are there any wheels (can't see any)?
Talking about the 3 bass case.
This. The quality of Japanese stuff is exceptional. I have owned a good number of them over the years and the build quality has been very high without exception. I've not encountered a bad one. Bought them all 'blind' as well.
Someone has already mentioned Russ Ballard. I remember an early Precision (1956 I believe) being advertised on eBay that looked perfect but the description mentioned it had been heavily drilled underneath the scratchplate to lighten it.
It was on BBC1 so I guess it could be on iPlayer. Agreed about Macca and Elton John - pretty awful in both cases.
Probably significant but the better performances appeared to be artists using studio quality gear as opposed to (apparently) just a phone.
I have to say he impressed me with that. Up to that point I'd always thought of him in the same way as the character Grossbereger from the film Stir Crazy.
I have wondered along similar lines myself. Does a digital amp use the same amps as a valve amp of the same output, bearing in mind a lot of energy goes into running the valves. Not exactly your question but along similar lines.