Ah yes Rondos, heard great things about them. (and that link is pretty much the look of my bass exactly, minus the length)
Well bass isn't my main instrument, so I'm not keen on putting in too much dough. My MIM Jazz used was like $350, that was about the most I was going for back then. I saw a 68 Gibson EB-3 for $800 a few months ago and I was tempted to buy that, would have been a waste but oh soo awesome
Tonally? I like midrangey stuff...so yeah, similar to the jazz bass.