I do not entirely agree, Dave.
Gold Foils, piezo and set neck make them a bit different. Not the umpteenth Fender clone. I think a country of origin and a price are two different things. If you see almost all Laklands are Asian and over 1,000 dollars, almost all Gretsches are Asian and the more expensive ones over 2,500 and even some 'cheap' ones around 1,000. Chinese Höfners are 650 euros. Those new Epiphones are going in that direction. More expensive Asian Höfners and Warwicks use the same pickups as the German ones...The Höfner Ignition/Icon and Contemporary and 300 versus 650 dollars. The second one is better made, better pickups, more original. So IMHO I can't day a bass out of a certain country has to have a certain price.
Danelectro makes Mosrite copies nowadays, which is strange