Well, don't buy it then, simples!
I don't see any issue with the bridge placement/alignment wrt the neck and fingerboard edges. Pickups could have used being a mm or two to the right. Eh, if it doesn't work, send it back.
Hey, you do you. Me, I only change hardware if there's something operationally wrong with it, or as part of a colour change. Been through the modding for modding's sake phase of my passing life and found it to be little more than a money suck.
Bass body made of fancy "decorative" woods, burls, spalts, always natural finish, or worse, colorised in a way that highlights the burly/diseased wood it's made of.
I'll stick my oar in to say that I had the Tribute version of this, and it was a fine bass. A story that will stay with me forever - I played the Tribute SB-2 at a gig and it was so powerful that the sound engineer asked me if it was active
The guy I sold it to still has it, and that was 5 years ago. Might see if he's playing any gigs before Xmas, hear/see it back in action for nostalgia!
Double shaggy dog story bump!
I just linked to one which was within the stated budget. OK, only mathematically speaking - but £499 IS less than £500 - the stated "probable" budget of the OP...
OP - if by <£500 you mean £300, maybe edit your post?