My feeling too, I have had a mate who lives close by check it out and he was blown away by the tones and the neck is better than his US Jazz (in his opinion)
There's not a mark on it and the battery compartment was very well finished.
I have stuck my neck out and bought it, roll on Tuesday - Playtime!
Cheers,
Steve.[quote name='Machines' post='1256357' date='Jun 4 2011, 11:56 AM']Definitely been upgraded - see the battery box on the back. I'm quite sure all standard models (US and Skyline) are passive.[/quote]