I’m not an expert, I have the same bass I started with, a 1910 build, very warm sounding, noble old wood, but not loads of volume. Very easy to record tho, put a mic in front of it and that’s it, sounds lovely. Live is a bastard though.
10 years ago I was playing live a lot and went for a replacement, my luthier said I could get 5000€ so I started trying basses on the 6000-8000 range and no way, mine was much better sounding.
So, if you’re going to just have it home and record go for an old piece of wood, if you like what you get when testing it, it’ll be ok.
For live gigs is different, unless you have much more money, you better get a Chinese loud bass with a great pickup.
But again, I’m far from an expert, i’m the kind of guy who likes to stick to just one instrument…
good luck
dd