Update: She bought a bass.
Did some searching and found a "SX Vintage Series" short scale bass for $139.00. It's all solid wood (alder, I think), three pots for volume and tone, real inlay fret markers, very nicely appointed, and it sounds good. The SX is Chinese made, but really well reviewed so we thought, for a starter, it was a good choice. I'll take some pics and post them.
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