Great bass!
And certainly a head-turner.
Also - thankfully so - a real head-tuner.
But it's true what Rob says, I've never seen anyone in a band - even the most vintage obsessed guitarists that would never be caught with a guitar shaped like that - be dismissive of the looks of my 20/20. There are a lot of things right about it. It's a puristic, functional design, Ned put some thought into it. The only real surprise I get is when people ask incredulously:
"Oh, it's actually made of wood?" That always seems to defeat expectations, to a lot of people paddle = not wood, the first Steinbergers created a lasting perception.
As modernistic 80ies basses go, it's a classic like the Kubicki Factor.
And if you wear a cape with it, chances are that people think you are the keyboarder and you will get some girls too for once!