This bass has a good modern Jazz sound, but I decided to return it instantly because of the bad balance plus the feeling of unreliability coming from a really cheap/poor hardware.
This is the 3rd time in a couple months that I try the good luck buying this bass (because I like its sound) from a 3rd different store and my opinion unfortunately stayed always the same: I strongly discourage buying it.
Pros:
- Sound and electronics.
- Gig bag.
Cons:
- Tuners were terrible. 4 out of 5 were defective, B-D-G had some dead spots, A opposed excessive resistence. In general, they look fragile and the feeling is that they can break at any moment.
- Neck dive. My unit had a really bad balance, with a strong pull from the neck side.
- Body. Although the technical specifications say it is made of basswood, the accompaning card attached to my unit said it was made of alder. This was disappointing because in my opinion basswood or ash are the best woods to pair with '70 J pickups.
- Ahesthetics. The control knobs were made of black plastic, not like the silver ones you see in the pictures. In my personal opinion they didn't match with the surf green color at all.
- Neck. Although the technical specifications say it is a "comfort C" neck, in my opinion the profile was a standard C. Not as slim and comfortable as you might expect.
- Bridge. It aligns with the rest, the feeling is of a cheap, fragile piece of steel.
