| I was just in Hong Kong (yeah, I know it's not exactly 'next door' to Taiwan, but I thought it might be worth mentioning) and found a little music shop called Harmony Music that had a few basses in it. There was a nice German all-solid ($10000-ish AUD) and a Chinese all-solid (can't remember the price on that one) but the stand-out was the solid-top hybrid; damn loud and a really nice sound/tone. Worked out at under $950AUD. Would need the usual set up (tail piece was too high) & string replacement though and I'm not sure about hard cases (although I'm sure you could get something decent made up for ridiculously cheap in a back-street workshop...!)
Build quality actually seemed quite good; well finished inside & out and nothing that screamed 'Danger!'. Panpi bridge. If memory serves me correctly, it had a decent hollow end-pin rather than the usual thin notched solid pin. No photos, I'm afraid. The shop seemed to be more of a musicians' shop than a musical instrument consumers' shop (if that makes sense); if you're interested in the address, let me know.
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