Thanks guys for all the replies, good and bad!
For those complaining about quality issues with necks and finishes, this seems to only effect the 80s-90s basses that were caused by over demand and John not being able to
scale fast enough to meet demand which in turn effected quality.
Also in terms of the weight issue... it's not an issue at all as you can request any weight you like for John to target, mines going to be in between the 8-9lbs range.
Again thanks for all your feed back, and id love to hear even more!