Do I need this bass? No
Do I want this bass? Hell yes
Am I going to buy it? Damn I'm trying hard not to, I've reached a point with my basses as which I've found the bass I play the most is a fretless Precision with the Wizard PUP wired straight to the O/P socket, there's something wonderfully honest (and DB-like) about the need to derive tone and volume from fingers and not electrics.
Also, the more I have to tinker with, the more I tinker, a tinker free bass is so much less stress