Help choosing a second bass

Fully. And I very much appreciate your precision and clarity in all the posts.
When I’m responding, I’m responding to the particulars of the post, but also trying to explain and detail it for anyone not directly involved that might be reading.

I know that this is a thing that a lot of people have dealt with/will deal with.
When we’re looking for new instruments, it can be easy to find weird things that we don’t like. (see my post about my Rumble 500 where I geeked out about a distorted note, returned the amp, then realized it didn’t matter at all: Resonance or Cracked Speaker? - #6 by Gio)

We should make a flow chart:

GIO’S FLOWCHART FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING BUT IT MAKES A WEIRD NOISE™:

Does it sound annoying: yes/no
If no, hooray. Maybe get it.

If yes, will you ever notice it when playing? yes/no
If no, fantastic. Maybe get it.

If yes, will you ever notice it when playing amplified in a recording/performance scenario? yes/no/ITDOESN’TMATTERICAN’TSTANDITATALLEVER
If no - it’s not a problem Maybe get it.
If yes - it’s a problem. Don’t get it.
If it doesn’t matter, you can’t stand it at all ever… don’t get it.

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