You say that, but from a Gibsonhead here - universal == Precision bass.
I'll embellish: I like Gibson basses BECAUSE they're weird, because they have foibles, because they're relatively uncommon. All those attributes which I deem to be positive pretty much knock them out of contention when it comes to universality. I'm not that blinkered. Gibson have made several choices along the road which ended up practically guaranteeing that they would forever be outliers in the bass world. Including the latest choice of the past few years - don't bother.