If you want to try something different, you could get an acoustic bass. Very light by comparison and it’s nice to have sitting around when you don’t feel up to getting everything plugged in.
That’s a great idea. If you can afford to do it that way.
There are definite price concerns with this. The bass I know I want is $1500+ new or between $1000 and $1200 used, depending on what shows up, at any given time, on the used market.
The likelihood of me, ever, being able to buy one is stating to look… slim. I’m sure I’m not alone in this. Maybe in 2023. At least, that’s what I keep telling myself.
Currently, I use an acoustic bass with a Fishman pickup. I like it, it’s a great stop gap, but it’s not the same.
With that in mind, I still need to get an electric bass. It would be a lot easier, financially, to buy something inexpensive that I can play now. And then, incrementally, pay for upgrades.
It’s not what I want to do. I would much rather get a nice instrument I can hand down to my son when I’m too damn old and infirm to be able to play. But that would mean going without an electric bass for even longer than I already have.