i bought this bass after finding it cheaper on this website than in england,, but ! i had to pay custom fees,, so the price shot up too around the same amount,, i heard about quality control issues concerning this bass , and was very disapointed when mine arrived the two conntrol knobs were not secured to the body securly at all and some of the tuning pegs are very loos too ! thomann advised me to repair it myself which i couldnt do but a friend of mine done it for me,, thomann did make arrangements to return it but with a load of terms and conditions thrown in,, if in england buy from here !!!! the bass sounds really nice cost me nearly £200 but mine did come with faults and was a headache to fix am still not entirley happy with it ! i cant enjoy it like £200 is money i saved to buy this guitar,, and it does need a tinkle here and their but yes its a nice sounding bass ,,,,, phewww!