Its the old stereotype being proved. I still laugh every time i go into my local music shop and the bass salesman exchanges bass 'lines' to me such as 'never get drowned out' and 'keep it on the low end'. A really good article but of course we have always known.
Great review. I agree after trying the standard american jazz with the mexican I fail to justify the price difference. I applied some custom 60's pickups to my mexican model and it sounds great now with its sharper high end and growl