First of all, I am guitarist and I have some very decent guitars in my collection so it may not be the most fair review. So starting with the bad: one of the volume controls on my first bass failed after a week. Thomann dealt with this amazingly well and I got a new bass fairly quickly. The other poor feature is that the bass requires a complete setup (the neck was completely off and needed truss rod adjustments as well as the intonation); something that could be frustrating if you are a beginner. Having done all the set up, I think the bass sounds really good and is really playable, so overall a really, really good instrument for the money. I highly recommend this.