i bought this bass because i had two things in mind, i wanted tone and i wanted quality, and this bass absolutely delivered. the beautiful matte black looks good in all lighting its heavy enough to feel strong but not overbearing the neck is big and feels good in the hands and the absolutely monstrous tone it has is perfect, im a fan of crypta, cryptopsy,slipknot etc and i was looking for something in the range of that tone and at this price too?! im not the type to go venturing out for a guitar way out of my budget and thats way too rare this guitar has the price of what most basses should cost and the power and mojo to go above all, really for a while i was just looking for anything my guitarist (who is horrifically picky when it comes to specs) would agree with me and him both fell in love, unplugged or completely clean tone and it still sounds like your ready for a concert before ever doing anything it can handle drop A beautifully and B standard legendarily i would highly reccomend solar and absolutely love this bass