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Regrettably, in an attempt to keep the price down, the S.U.B. Ray4 is now made in China. The ones I have seen and handled are inferior to the Indonesian ones.
Buy used.
Which exact variant? You might be able to get what you need by upgrading its pickup(s), controls and bridge. The overall build quality will be roughly equivalent to the old S.U.B.
https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/ibanez-sr500-soundgear-4-string-bass-brown-mahogany
Mine's the FN-4V. Really nice bit of kit but maybe just a bit tame for the grunge/punk thing I might be getting involved with. I won't be changing anything until I know that it's a band I'm going to continue with.
Here's my Fairlane (stock pic), can you get meatier pickups for this style?
https://media.mydukkan.com/image/29270/Samick.SamickGregBennettFairlaneFN429270.jpg
During your prospective band’s probational period, you can probably extract beefier sounds from the Fairlane by means of a compressor pedal or rack.
I've got Zoom B3 which I've been playing around with tonight, it sounds pretty decent with the Muff settings on, it's just when I switch them off that the dry tone sounds weak and floppy.
I really need to get my head round multifx cos a lot of the solutions are probably in there. Same goes for my G3X for guitar.
That Ray 4 does look tasty though!
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By thin, do you mean narrow or shallow?