I'm not a Bass player, but I wanted to get into bass since 2018 or 2019.
I've laid my eyes on the newer Ibanez basses, the Multiscale SRMS800, the multiscale BTBs, and the EHBs. I especially liked the ones with nordstrand pickups, and I was convinced that I will just end up buying one of the EHBs.
That was until I got into a local store and checked several basses head to head, and, to my surprise, the most comfortable and best sounding bass was the Fender Player Jazz Bass. The neck is thinner than the 4-string EHB (I think it's 38mm vs 41mm, but comparing head to head, I just felt that the J neck felt better). And the sound just had so much more character. The Jazz Bass won not only agains the EHB with Bartolinis, but it just stood out more even against the nordstrands.
Once I realised, "hey, I actually like the Jazz Bass the most", I saw that Fender released the Player II with rolled fretboards and new colours so I got one.
I absolutely adore this bass. It looks great, it plays fantastic, sounds like you expect it to. I had 0 issues with mine.
Took it out of the box, adjusted the neck relief and it's good to go.
