To veer and/or be completely irrelevant, I have never spent a lot of time chasing sound or tone. So I gravitate towards the simplicity of a one pickup instrument. Doing an A/B comparison from memory and different amps, I think I prefer a sweep spot vintage Bisonic in a '66, probably maple, Starfire I to a neck position vintage Bisonic in a '67 mahogany Starfire I. But the preference is not strong enough to get me to search for a '66 bass or a vintage Bisonic to swap into a Newark Street Starfire. In the situations where I play I am more concerned with my "presence" than my tone and the mix is not so busy that I need to work very hard to fit in. I also have found out that the sound I hear when playing is different from what people 10 feet away (or farther) hear. That said, in a two pickup instrument I also tend to gravitate towards the "more bass" sound of a neck position.
I bought my '67 used but I still tend to be protective, to the point that part of the justification for buying a Newark Street Starfire was that I could play it out and easily replace it if the worst happened.