Rickenbackers are great, low action, quality, quite light as basses go sound wise, think more twangy jazz bass than the generic boom of a precision ( I'm no fender fan) they're far more versatile than a lot of basses. I'd always look at vintage stuff, Danelectros from Korea in the 90's are the...
Playing bass is a doddle.
Being a good bass player is a bit harder.
Singing and playing good bass is particularly difficult. Still learning and hopefully improving after 32 years, This is about where I'm at for doing both at the same time.
https://youtu.be/gxSfQiWhCaM
If you want to just...
The Fender rumble combos are very good, very light, sound good, good value. I used one to gig last night (effectively as a stage monitor). For comparison, I have vintage valve amps, an hand made orange ad200 and others. . . Big heavy loud stuff, and little titchy practice combo's, the FR's sit...