The les Paul money bass, is a great bass, especially for the guitar player because of its smaller body size is close to the relative size of a guitar. I find it interesting that you decided your best option was to go Gibson instead of Fender, for the bass, you may not realize that Gibson basses, don't get the love in the bass world that the Fenders or even the Rics do. currently I own 9 basses in which there is 1 Gibson and 2 Epiphones the rest are Fenders or Fender clones but my Gibson (RD Artist) is the center piece of my gear, I have owned this one the longest of any of the others and for nearly 20 years it was my only bass, yes they are very versatile. I believe you need to post some pictures of your bass
so we can enjoy it with you, I will start by posting a pic of mine (again)