Should a bass teacher have a spare amp for me to play through ?

Hi all, wonder if anyone can help me decide. Have come back to electric bass after many years playing guitar. I am looking for bass tuition and have found a teacher in Glasgow I can go to. I'm what you might call a mature student (66) and should be beginning my first lesson on Monday, but had a call with him today which made me unsure. I want to learn notation, not tab and be able to read anything from Abba, to Ska, to showtunes, rock even maybe some classical etc - basical

I went through two guitar teachers and two bass teachers over the years. I would say I am not sure they were worth the money. If they were at the time, they certainly wouldn't be worth it nowdays. The bass teachers did not even spot issues with left hand posture which in theory should be the thing where on-line information should struggle to beat an in-person teacher. In-person lessons could be valuable, I am sure, but the teacher needs to be a real teacher and not just somebody that happen