Even though the crown is narrow, and the blank is a cheap one, the bridge looks kinda normal shape to me. You see that "lowbrow" look quite often.
You say the first thing to do is to change the bridges, and yes a nice new bridge blank will certainly look nicer and may sound a bit better, but I suspect that any improvement in sound just due to bridge crown shape, or the amount of wood over the heart, or leg length, may be small compared with the improvement in sound you could probably get just by giving the basses to a good luthier to tweak a little, and putting on some new strings. I suggest asking the luthier what he/she suggests is the best way to spend your budget!
So, are your basses 3/4 size or half size? what's the string length?
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