Bass_Junkie, let's see... The Japanese build quality is supreme (some even say better than the MIA models), the whole neck/fingerboard is glossed, the signature model has the neck further shaved down in thickness (thumb to fingers) the same as Geddy's original neck on his 72, so it's an ultra fast neck. The badass II bridge comes as standard, it has the vintage USA pickups, so the bass frequencies are very warm, while the top end is Marcus Miller sharp.
All in all it's a fantastic bass for the money. (I got mine from Thomann.de for £588.) Look at the spec of all the bits & none of the rest of the Fender range comes close for the money. Don't get me wrong, I've had a standard Mex Jazz 5-stringer & it was lovely, but this is just in another league for playability