Hey fmm,
A St George? You had that in Iowa? My first bass back in Iowa was a St George I bought from Renier's. A Fender-esque body, heavy as hell, two ugly white rocker switches for pickup on/off. I bought it in 67 or 68 (after playing my dad's NICE post-war Gibson wide body / no cutaway guitar as a bass for one Jr high dance and being told I couldn't use it again). I think I traded it in on a used EB-2 by 1970 and never looked back. I actually have pictures of me in High school with that bass in my first band, The Jems. (Yeah, I know.) I mostly played it through a Silvertone 2-12 guitar amp. What a crapfest!
I was playing Come On Down To My Boat, Satisfaction, Sky Pilot, and dreaming of learning Brown Eyed Girl back then.