Bought this bass for its characteristics: J neck pickup and a bridge humbucker with a single-coil switch option, active electronics, natural finish and many positive reviews. Unfortunately, this bass turned out to be a disappointment, not for these characteristics but for the poor manufacturing quality: the bridge was screwed in in the wrong location and the strings were completely missing the pickup poles. It was so extreme and visible that I didn't even plug in the bass to an amp (had to rate the sound for this review, so I give it a middle score, i.e., three stars but did not test it). It is amazing how such fault was not detected in the factory. Anyways, sent the bass back to Thomann and the return was accepted. Getting another model now...