Fender Nate Mendel Precision or the Fender Roadworn Mike Dirnt Precision...

Assuming that the sale of my Geddy Lee CIJ Fender jazz bass goes through via Craigslist soon, I'll have more than enough money to buy either of the following:

2013-14 Nate Mendel Precision. I know this is the year of manufacture because it doesn't have the BAII, but the Custom Fender Hi-Mass Bridge. Full price but maybe I can haggle them down?

Mike Dirnt Roadworn Precision bass at Tom Lee for $725. IDK Why the low price, but it has the BAII. 3TS with rosewood.

I'm really torn between the two. Yes I have played both while at the bass department. The necks both were nice and comfortable. Not too thin and not too thick. Even the MD! Insane! I've heard people complain about the thickness on the Dirnt basses.

I like the deep end and high clarity of the Quarter Pounder, but the growl of the '59 on the MD was also seductive. I like the BAII and the Tele-style P-Bass, but I also love the 70s logo on the NM and the SPB-3.

Don't care for the roadworn; I think both already received real dings and scratches from people mishandling it all the time. I swear these two basses were on the walls for like three years.

My MIM P looks almost EXACTLY like a Nate Mendel P except it has stock pickups, vintage Fender bridge, and it is midnight wine body.

Help. My GAS for signature P-Basses is growing everyday.

 

That s just my assumption. I ASSUME it was a 13-14 because of the different bridge, but I'm not exactly sure as to when they started putting thosse bridges on the Artist models. The Dirnt, for sure, was there for a long time because the employee I'm in contact with about it said he would lower the price to $700 plus tax.

The Dirnt for $700 plus tax? Wowzers. It's like a Craigslist deal, except safer.

 

No I saw it for myself and played it. Tagged as "Fender Mike Dirnt RW Precision Bass". It was kind of heavy, but I've felt heavier models. The old Dirnt models only had the BAII...the new Hi-Mass Bridge only started coming out on his Roadworn models since...like 2013?

EDIT: The old Dirnt has the BAII so I assume it's a pre-2013 model?

 

Everytime I look at my Geddy Lee, I want to keep it. Whenever I pick it up and noodle with it, I'm instantly reminded why I am selling it in the first place.

I thought I was a fan of jazz necks. I thought the Geddy Lee was the perfect bass for me because it was my hero's signature model. I have never been so wrong in my life. Turns out, my left hand despises the too-thin neck of the GL and the thin necks of the jazz basses in general.

 

I would too, but my MIM P is modeled (initially unintentionally) after Nate's signature model. Only differences are no BAII, no QP pickup, no 70s logo, it's midnight wine red, and the neck width is standard width. From a distance, one could probably mistaken it for a NM.

 

TheMD has a jazz width nut?? Crazy

 

I've been hearing a lot about "A" and "B" necks....what?

 

The NM is B, I assume?

 

Better yet, can someone give me suggestions on a P-Bass that can give me a boost in the lows and mids?