No contest. I've had a broken toe and that was no fun. Basses are just tools of the trade. A ding or two, or ten wouldn't bother me one bit.
Ding for sure. I have a lot more care and concern about my body than any material object. Remember, "I'd give my right arm to have XXX....." is just a saying not an instruction manual.
I just put a nice big ding in the horn of my baritone sax - I'd trade a minor flesh wound to have that not have happened, but no, not a broken toe, they hurt like a MFer.
I just have to quote you in this thread. Anything new to discuss on TB that hasn't been retreaded a million times?
My most prized and pristine instrument already has a few dings. So... problem solved and I hadn’t even had to see a doctor about it.