What I found (could be my giant chubby hands) was that the VMJ neck was pretty close to the GL - a tiny bit more rounded, but really not much in it... And the (sensible) bass playing shop assistant said she could not tell the difference (but both were much thinner than her "proper" Jazz... ) The "natural" VMJ was £250, the GL £979.. The GL was immaculate (as you'd expect from a MIJ) - I don't understand why it was not setup properly..