Stagg BC300

Stagg 4 string Fusion bass. Not sure where it was made, but I believe it was somewhere in Asia. It's a very good bass, in my opinion. It's main features are:
- P Bass style neck pickup
- J Bass style bridge pickup
- 5 string models come with 2 J bass pickups, and it is also available with a Stingray style humbucker
- 2x Volume controls
- 1x Tone control
- Two octaves (24 frets) fretted rosewood fretboard (Although it can come in fretless.)
- 34.2 in scale (Also available in 3/4 scale)
- Bolt-on neck
- Solid alder body
- Hard maple neck

I think that's the majority of them done. I may have missed some out. BC300 in a nutshell.

I play in a hard rock band, and the BC300 works extremely well for that. I also use a Squier P Bass and a Yamaha RBX170 occassionally, but I prefer the Stagg to the others. The Yamaha is similar to the Stagg, but I don't like the shape, and the Squier just sounds and feels horrible. Anyways, Rock music isn't the only style the BC300 is good at. With a bit of tweaking with the tone controls and the amp, I've managed to make it work well with a number of different styles. I can get a smooth, full bluesy tone, a thumping, prog rock sound, a biting, trebley slap bass sound, a punchy, yet mellow reggae sound, and many more to boot. I use it with a Line 6 pocket pod, most frequently on a powerful overdriven sound, or a smoother ballady tone. My amp is one my dad made himself, from some old bits and bobs. It sounds a tad muddy nowadays, but I think that's just the amp. I really like the thumping lows, which provide the majority of my playing, the punchy mid-range that I use for solos and whatnot, and especially the crystal clear, harp-like high notes. They aren't used often, but considering the beautiful sound they give, I may re-think that.

I don't know about the factory set up - my dad set the bass up himself before I got it. The strings weren't the best of quality. They were a bit to bright for my liking, but nothing that couldn't be easily and cheaply changed. There are a few intonation problems on mine. It gets slightly out of tune the further I go up the neck. However, it's nothing that bothers me a great deal, only slightly sharp or flat here and there. There is one manufacturing default on the 10th fret, on the E string. There is a small fragment of the fretboard that has chipped off, revealing the bare fret. This has only been a problem once or twice, mainly catching my finger on the fret when I do sliding and whatnot. Again, nothing that can't be solved without some simple filing of the fret. When the bass arrived, it actually arrived in two parts. The couriers dropped it when they were getting it out of the lorry, and snapped the neck off at the heel. I don't think this is a great testimant to the strength of the bolts, but hey. Never had any problems with the new one. The bass is (supposed to be) finished in transparent blue, but in some lights, it's black, in some, it's green, and in some it's the blue it's supposed to be. This doesn't really bother me, as I spend my playing time looking at the crowds or the fretboard. Neither of them change colour!

This bass has lasted me just over a year now, and I think it'll last a lot longer. The strap buttons do occassionally need to be tightened, but if you make sure you've got a Philips head screwdriver in your gig bag, you shouldn't have too many problems with that. The finish doesn't show any signs of waring away, apart from on the back. This is due to "belt rash", or the buckle of your belt scratching the back. The scratches are out of sight though, and only visible in some lights. Back along, there was some sign of rash along the upper shoulder of the bass, where some air was trapped under the paint and was trying to get free. That only happened for a few days, and hasn't been back since. Unless someone else drops it and the neck pops off, I think it'll last for many years to come.

I haven't had to deal with customer support, other than the initial incident with the broken neck. That was resolved quickly and easily though, and resulted in a new bass to replace the broken one, and a free case as well.

Overall, I think this is a very good bass. I love the range of sounds it can make, I love the ease of playing, I love the slim neck, and I love it's incredibly light weight. If anything happened to this bass, I would seriously consider buying another, although maybe in a sunburst colour. It is much better than the Squier P Bass, which is my second most used bass. It is easier to play, sounds nicer, and looks much cooler. The rest of the band like it too, which is always good. I also own a drum kit and an electric guitar made by Stagg, and am considering buying a Stagg mandolin, as I am so impresswed by the quality of Stagg instruments.

The Stagg BC300 is a decent starter bass. I really wish I'd got that Ibanez I'd saw, but oh well, I'm getting a new one soon (and about time).
I've got no idea where it was built. I presume Taiwan or China, seeing as most guitars come from that general area :P It was probably built in 2006/7, seeing as I got it early this year. It has a nice glossy violet finish, which I've always adored since I bought it, even now.
It's got, from what I can tell, 24 standard frets (okay for soloing I guess). Three controls (volume, and I presume bass and treble). Only the volume changes anything. The rest do bugger all. And I really mean absolutely nothing.
Most things about this bass are sub-par. The fret buzz when practising without an amp can drive you wild. And not in the good way.
However, there is one saving grace for this bass; It's very, very light. Compared to most other basses I've played, this one is the lightest I've played. Hell, it's even lighter than my normal guitar.
It came with a crappy cable that broke after a couple of months (me barely using it), and that was it. No free bag or anything. I had to wait ages before I had money to spare on a bag to carry it around. Just a cardboard box, the guitar itself, and a cable I didn't notice 'til my kid brother found it.
The tuners are nice. I still favour those over the horrendous Squier Precision's tuners. Fairly easy to drop with, and are generally one of the few good things about the guitar.

Overall, it has very few positive features. Pity. If Stagg had put a bit more effort into it, namely the neck and electronics, it would have been a really nice, light bass.

Now, when I first got this bass, I knew very little about guitars. I know a little more now, but what I don't know could fill a warehouse. So, I just got the prettiest cheap bass I could find. I only bought it because a group of friends were making a band and needed a bassist. So, I mostly play rock/metal in the bands I've been in (quite a few since this February...), and when I'm bored and just chillin' I play some blues. It's good for blues, but rock and metal? Nah. Not so much. When playing close to the neck, the strings bounce a lot, of course, that's bound to happen if, like me, you like your strings all loosey-goosey. But I kinda got thrown into that, seeing as the strings were slack as hell when I got'em.
When the amp's set up, there's not much you can change from the guitar itself. You can either make it loud, or quiet. I'm serious. There are about... four sound changes. Off, quiet, meh and loud. Now, I haven't played it in a good two months, as it decided to die on me, so the sound is a little hazy to me. It was rather rich. A nice full tone, not pingy or clunky like a lot of other basses I've played (it sounds nicer than the Fender I played recently, though that's just taste... And I probably had the treble up waaay too high). Again, I mention Ibanez. The model I played (can't remember it exactly, something like a GB004) was a lot nicer. Just louder, richer tone, but trebly enough to sound punk/metal enough for me.
I normally played through my guitar amp (too poor to get a bass amp), but I got to experience it in full when playing at my local youth centres. I mostly played through a Crate bass amp (a big mofo; a good 100-odd watts at least), and it sounded.. powerful, to say the least. It also worked fairly well with my effects pedal (A Zoom B2).

All together, it sounds nice. Not brilliant, but it's decent.

Set up was fairly bad, when I think about it. It came tuned. Action was and is very low. And I mean low. It's about, three millimetres above the frets at the top, and about five/six closer to the bottom. Strings are really slack too. Finish was fine when I got it, but it's delicate. Controls are very loose now. They put them on in a stupid way I think. Just glued'em in at the bottom. Not exactly great.

This bass HAS withstood live playing. But only once. It's not great. The finish is pretty crap. After practising, I got a friend to hold it for me while I ran in to get something. Got out and he was dicking around. He passed me it but dropped it, and the bottom (right by the jack) was all scuffed. Paint chipped off. To be expected if it's dropped on concrete, but still. All in all, finish is actually pretty good. Strap buttons are nice and solid. It's been known to shrug off a strap occasionally, but it's light enough for me to play it without a strap (for a little while) while standing upright. The pick-ups get dusty as hell, as there are massive gaps in the pick-up holder. But that's to be expected I guess.
So, all in all, most of the external stuff is fine.. Internals... Not so good.
As I said earlier, it died on me two months ago (I've only had it a good eight or so months)I wasn't pleased with that. The jack was loose, so a friend tried to tighten it by hand (moron), and it stopped working. Opened it up, and tightened it, but it's still not working. I presume that he's ripped a wire or something. But it's no problem, I was intent on replacing it anyway. But, WAY before that happened, the controls started being arseholes too. The volume and treble(?) became unglued (why there were glued there, I have no clue. Even my strat rip-off has a better system than that). So they were loose, and just made the bass feel broken.

So... If it decided to work again, would I bring this to a gig? Would I ****. I did it before when I knew very little, but now? lawl no. No way in hell. I wouldn't even bring it AS the back-up. Moment it stopped working I badgered my parents to let me get my Christmas present early so I could play again. Speaking of which, it should be here soon. So this beautiful Stagg can just rot.

Didn't deal with them.

I've been playing since February '08. I've gotten fairly good. I wish I had asked around before buying it. Maybe looked on this site, or Ultimate Guitar, just to get a rough idea of why not to get it. The funny thing is, I was going to get an Ibanez. Ordered and everything. Then I was told it would take two or three weeks to get in stock and be delivered, so I just got the cheaper Stagg.

If it were stolen, I'd gladly thank the person for taking it off my hands. Only reason I'd miss it would be because it looks pretty in my growing guitar collection.

I hate the controls, and the neck. As I said, it would be a lot better if it had a nice neck and control set-up.

So yeah, for a cheap beginner bass, it's not bad. It was good enough to mak1e me learn, but that's about it. All in all, a very mediocre instrument.

STAGG BC300: unsure where made, because i bought it 2nd hand with 12 watt amp. It has 24 frets, 4 strings, a solid black glossy finish (also comes in sunburst), and 3 volume knobs. the only one that makes a visible difference is the volume (having said that,i didnt realise that they were broken till i opened it last year!).

Im not entirely sure on pickups, as this is my first bass, but apparently, theyre PB and JB 7, if that means any thing (theyre kind of one big bar and two halfs, if that makes sense)i dont know if thats a refference to precision and jazz pickups. It has a maple neck and a rosewood fretboard. the stock (im fairly sure they are) tuners are pretty decent, but occasionally slip down a bit on the D&G strings, not by much, but enough to notice it.

strings are really easy to replace on this, there fed through the bridge, and i did it 1st time. the neck is fine for me, but perhaps that will be different later on (2 more years of growing to do!)

when i first got this, i was amazed how heavy it was (im used to it, but i guess it was due to it being my 1st guitar). you should get a bag, cable, low quality strap and tuner.

im rating it an 8 bacause for the price (apparently UK ??130) its a very good bagginer bass, it had enough for me to WANT to play it, but nothing incredible

when i started playing i ONLY played nirvana, and found that really tricky (lol embarassingly "about a girl"'s chorus took me forever to learn) but ive branched out now, and pick out bass in songs, i learn anything now. at the moment of this review im really into PIL and interpol for my playing (except when making my own music), but enough about me, now you know what i play. Oh, and ive been playing 5 years in december

this bass handles everything well, it sound good with growling distortion (used rarely) but also on its own. Im a cheepskate, so i use a kustom 12 watt amp (free with it, not bad for ??80 :) and a digitech RP350 multi-fx for messing about and wah.

to me, the bass is rather full and when playing amped or without it. i wouldnt compare it to other ones since this is my only bass. it has a fairly deep sound, but can get some bright sounds with some EQ treatment, maybe thats what the busted pots/knobs should do! its a very diverse bass, but i think its really a practise learning bass, or one to just have fun and jam with people on, for that i love it!

for that reson its a seven, but for me, the sound is what i need. if i want more tone, ill save for a p-bass

no flaws except a dented finish, the already mentioned tuning peg problem (but thats not too much hassle), and the pots/knobs being dead. im not suprised the electronics are going, ive had it 4 and a half years, and its 2nd hand. i'd hazard a guess the last owner had it 2 years.

the main quible is the black body shows up finger prints and dust like crazy!!! there is no point in polishing it since its the same a few hours later. maybe to do with the colour having said that

im not suprised the electronics are going, ive had it 4 and a half years, and its 2nd hand. i'd hazard a guess the last owner had it 2 years.

its a nine because after all this time, its still not had ANY problems, but i wouldnt kill it purosefully, since its not a super tank.

Having said that, no dents on the neck, and believe me thats been accidentally hit against all manner of things since i was super clumsy with the longer neck (hit my iron bed a lot, in fact IT dented the wall a few times when they've met lol)

im guessing the warranty expired, didnt hear about one when i bought it.
im not worried, it'll survive as long as a i dont throw it out the window

ive started plaing late 2003, i now also own a behringer uc100 chorus pedal (sounds nice with the bass), but also i have a yamaha pacifica 012, i wouldnt call myself a begginer on bass, and im no longer a novice on guitar. but the bass is my main thing, thats what i pick up the most. i dont feel limited by this bass whatsoever.

i would buy this again if i could be a begginer again, but im not anymore. i dont intend to replace this bass due to the fact of mo-honey (or more the lack of it :P). i may upgrade when i see something incredible or if i start playing gigs and whatnot. but for now its great.

i love the versatility, the (sort of) stable pegs,how it hasnt given me problems at any time,how i dont look stupid playing it (it looks very posh, very un squiery, thank god). i wish it had a bit more range, but thats down to me to sort out with amps and pedals.

when i got this, i vagely knew what a bass was, only that krist novoselic played one, and my parents were paying :D so probably my best uninformed decision to date!

Blue transparent alder body. JB Pickups. It sounded pretty good in a guitar shop so I bought it online for 100 Euros.

The sound is OK. The main reason I bought it is because it is very light and I thought it might be easier on my back than my precision or jazz bass.

Judging by the reviews, the action always seems to come very high. The reason for this is that the nut (the tiny bridge at the far end of the neck) is too high. You have to take it off by wacking it on the edge with a screwdriver struck by a hammer on the backside. This will pop it out. Then file in on the underside until the strings just clear the first fret. Then tighten the truss rod using an allen wrench (you have to take of the cover) until the neck looks straight when you look down the edge. Then raise or lower the bridge to taste. It will play far better after this. Oh yes, reglue the nut with a little white glue to keep it in place.

This bass is probably not very durable but it is also pretty easy to work on.

This is definitely not a professional instrumetn of any kind, but I may play it at a few coffee house gigs. It's the kind of bass which is good for your kid to take to school strapped to their back while riding their bicycle. It's great for that in fact!

Just the same as the other people.
I got a gig bag, strap,amp and a lead though.

I can't really say anything all because I have never had a bass before and this is my first but it sounded okay to me. I mean it's not painful everytime I play it.

The pickups were really loose. At first the middle control knob was loose but I screwed it back in. Other than that it was nicely made and there was no scratches on it.

It seems to be reliable just now but I've only playing it for something like a week! I probably have to use this bass without a backup because I have no other basses at home.

I've never had to deal with customer support before.
Touch wood.

I've been playing for about a week and I have a 20 watt amp which I got with it.If it were stolen it would depend on how long I had been playing because I would change it with something else. But if I wanted an expensive one I would have to playing for almost a year.It seems a pretty good guitar so go out and buy it.

my stagg is a mettalic blue colour.
it has 24 frets like many other guitars. 4 strings.
3 ton/volume selectors.
passive elctronics
it has a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard
has precision and jazz pickups
no included accessories

this bass doesent exactly fit into a music style group thing. i use a peavy 50 watt amp with it which makes it sound pretty good. any lower watt amp would probably not provide enough power to make a godd enough sound.i dont use effects with it but it works fine and sounds pretty good with a wah pedal.the bad part is that after maybe a month it sounds very dull and 'plinky' which is annoying seeing as it would still be new for the owner. overall doesnt sound great

this bass is very very very light. it would be the perfect first bass for someone who had never owned one.i had to lower the pickups which improved it a slight bit. the would is too soft and takes dints too easily. plus the selectors come loose all the time.

the bass might stand about 5 gigs . the hardware doesnt semm like it will last more than maybe 4 years MAX. the strap buttons are prettty solid. you couldnot gig this without a backup!!!

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ive beeen playing for 3-4 years. i have just purchased a vintage est96 stingray but i cant play it until april :( :(
unless you are a begginer ....... STAY AWAY FROM STAGG PRODUCTS

was made 2000-2005
it has 24 frets and 4 strings and is mettalic blue. neck is rosewood it has 3 selectors.no included accessories

the pickups are not very stable and didnt perform very well so i lowered them. it beats my first bass which was an encore precision as the stagg has jazz and precision pick ups but the sound is terrible .
it sounds flat and dull instead of warm and cheerful tones you would expect

the action was poor. the strings were far too high up from the finger board which makes it very hard to play. i would class it as a beginners guitar but it is very hard to play for a beginner.
the tone selectors keep coming loose which makes the sound rattle.

the bass may stand a few gigs but not many.it is very light which is a bonus . it is lighter then alot of guitars.it feels comfortable and it fells perfect in fact. it isnt top heavy and fits perfectly standing or sitting.

i have been playing bass for about 4-5 years now and my playing life would have been better if i had purchased the vintage est96 instead of this. if it were stolon or lost i would definately but the vintage est96 which i am going to get soon anyway.

jazz and precision pickups
passive electronics
Neck
Body
Strings
Tuners

Well for the price this is about right, kind of sterile sound but what do you expect for #100

This came with an awful action and i sent it for a full setup with was fine, the pickups were kind of low when i got it.
This bass had loose pots hell, apart from that it was nice and shiny.

I would never use this bass for live playing, it was fine to start with though, the pots came loose and had to be rewired/replaced after a week or so which was under shop warranty after that i superglued the pots in place as they came loose many times. I adjusted the truss rod once after about 6 months of playing but i had an extremely low action and had fret buz on the 1st and 2nd frets.

1yr warranty, shop repaired it for me. And while we are on the shop i highly recommend duck son and pinkers to anyone.

I wouldn't buy this bass but i was a good start, i have sold it on for #35 to a mate and don't want it back really. This is a good bass for the price to learn the basics on i would recommend it to anyone on a tight budget.

Jazz and precision pickups volume knobs for those and a tone knob aswell. My neck was made of 2 pieces of wood glued together. The look of the guitar when it turned up wsa quite nice, sunburst body.

This is where the guitar starts to faulter the sound quality is poor, the sound is not that warm, deep full sound you hear, it is a very weak empty sound i was amazingly dissapointed when i plugged it in, it is just a beginner bass but i know other beginner bassists and their sound quality is nowhere near this poor

This is where it gets even worse. The machine heads rattle when you play a strang, as does the bridge, the tone and volume knobs come loose and actually move during playing of their own free will!

a ha guess what's coming yet another complaint, as i told you eariler the neck was made of two pieces of wood, well these two pieces separated in a very loud explosion that if i was playing would have done some severe damage to my hand. This is not a durable instrument, but teh worst thing is that because i cannot afford to buy another bass i actually had to repair the neck, the varnish however to give them credit on teh body is quite thick and durable

They have none, there is no number that i can contact even though ive tried, their website has a warranty button on teh bottom that you can click but it does not take you to a link. I am amazed that this comapny is running to be honest it is so poor.

NEVER EVER BUY A STAGG PRODUCT. PLEASE!!!
this is why i am writing this review i implore you if you are even considering buying a stagg bass DO NOT the sound quality is poor it is not suturdy, the only advantage is that they are cheap, but if you are in my position when it breaks because i tired to save #30, you will be left with an EVEN worse quality bass than before please NEVER BUY A PRODUCT FROM STAGG. Thanks alot

Very basic bass. Cheap wood, 2 passive pickups, 24 frets, cheap tuners, gloss walnut finish. 3 controls (neck volume, bridge volume, tone). Very large frets.

large variety of sounds, from soft and warm to bright. Has quite a full sound. Has a buzz when you lift your finger off the fret. Very Trebley. pretty bad for slap funk.

Extremly high action about (2cm off neck). Has some loose electronics when you move it. The intonation is very bad.

never delt with them.

Been playing for 2 years. I was a total beginner when i bought it and had no idea what to look for. If it were stolen i'd buy a cort.

this bass was built in don't ask me when. i think it was 2002-2003.

the body is made out of some kind of really cheap wood, the neck is purest maple with a rosewood fretboard. the pu's are a split coil and a j-style one. they come with an olume controle each and a generally tone controle.
the bridge was a typical cheap metal-bridge, the saddle was an hollow (!?!) plastic one.
the tuners were fine in my eyes.
with a little know-how you get your player-setting of choice.

for that price, good quality.

at first, i replaced the bridge, the saddle and the j-style pu.
this cost me round about under 50?.
but with these small changings it made an great efford to the sound and the playability.
the sustain has risen, the sound is now more various (with this cheap but effective new j-style pu) and i've got to repost the matter of the price again, because for this little amount of money, you get a nice starter-bass guitar.

set it up in half an hour, now it fits exactly my playing style (rough fingered & a little slap and pop).
but i've got to criticise the neck-head disbalance. with a leather-strap it is okay, but with an other strap you've got to hold the neck with xour left hand, which is not supposed to do that.

no problem so far with any piece of this bass. it was my first bass-guitar and no matter waht, i will always own it.

never dealt with them.

for that priece you'll get a damn solid piece of bass!

Made in 2004, 24 frets, 4 strings, solid-top, PJ noname pick-ups, passive electronics, (supposedly) alder body and maple/rosewood neck, transparent violet finish (nice), soundgear body style, top-load bridge, noname non-locking tuners, medium-to-thin neck (very similar to Ibanez Soundgear, maybe a little bit thicker), medium frets, included cable (surprizingly, not too crappy) and wrenches.

Well, I use it at home for practicing and play in variety of styles, from jazz to metal, using my Korg pandora PX4 and, sometimes, thru PA amp and speackers - it's reasonably noisy at all settings, though I don't really use drive/distortion for bass.
Sound is reasonably rich, somewhat bright - I've compared it to many other basses in this price range and guess it's much better than competition (cheap ibanez, squier).
Never used it on stage or in studio - actually I'm a guitar player, so it's only for fun and home recording.
Well, i like everything in this bass, considering it's price, actually I had an Ibanez GSR 205 before - it was way worse in every category and much more expensive, happy that I could sell it!

The action was just right, though I had to tune intonation a little and lower the pick-ups.
The only flaw was a loose tuner peg which made some nasty buzz, but i easily fixed that.

Well, I guess it could withstand live playing, though I'd probably bought higher class instrument for that.
Hardware seems to be reliable, finish is good too, strap buttons are solid, though they're not locking - so it definately can fall from the strap.
Well, it's dependable, the neck seems to be very stable - I didn't adjust it for 9 months and it's still okay, though it's stored and used in air conditioned room, so your mileage may vary.
I never gig without a backup.

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Well, I play guitar and sometimes bass for some 14 or 15 years, so I'm not a bassist, though I started to seriously learn bass for a last couple of years, after listening to Victor Wooten.
I'd buy yamaha RBX if this one was stolen.
As i've said earlier in this review, I bought it because it sounds good enough and very playable (fingerstyle, pick, slap, tapping - whatever), the neck is very comfortable for me and the price is right.
I'd recommend it to beginners or somebody who needs an inexpensive, but good quality entry-level bass.

2002, somewhere in asia
as seen in the other review: 24 fretts
2 passive pickups: Jazz bridge element and a P bass style pickup

I like to play ska music and some punk. Not with a plectrum. So it needs to have a full finger sound. Well it doesnt realy have that
Witch might be becouse i play it on an old 100w Rickenbacker bass amp.
The sound is a bit flat, When playing over the Pbass element it sounds better and warmer but it realy misses a lot of depth.

The Finish overall good, except for the D-string tuner witch 'detuned'in a matter of hours.
The other thing is that the pickups are VERRY noisy

The reliabiligy is ok, The quality of the parts that where used are overall low.

Not used it

made 2004, taiwan.
24 fret small bodied 4 string bass
2 volume and one tone control
fitted with generic jazz and P-bass pickups
passive
looks like a 3 piece alder body. the neck is maple with the headstock scarf jointed to the main neck under the 1st and 2nd frets, rosewood board.
satin finished on both the body and the neck
dinky bass style body
good generic gotoh style tuners ( sealed)
fully adjustable string through bridge
34" scale length slim/fast neck..jumbo frets used on rosewood board.
the neck is easy to play and smooth, no nasty fret ends to tangle with.

i play mainly rock and was looking for a bass to use for home recording, I didnt want to spend very much to start with in case i didnt get on with playing bass.
I am mainly going direct onto my boss br864 and using the boss effects/amp simulators built in to it but i hope to later purchase a small bass combo so i can mic up as well.
The thing that impressed me most when i recieved the guitar was that it was playable straight out of the box..it was in tune and the intonation was spot on. I dont know if this was down to the shop i bought from but it was a pleasant suprise!!
the pickups are controlled by 2 volume controls and a single master tone..
forget the tone..its passive and doesnt introduce that much variance between its extremes but the twin volumes are handy for blending the 2 pickups.
the sounds from this bass are classic P and J bass sounds but with some careful eq on your amp or processor are very usable..the overall sound is a little on the light side but i think some of this is due to the lightweight woods used and the lightweight metalware..i am going to try changing the bridge on mine and may run the strings through the body as well for more sustain
i only intend to use this bass for home studio work but i feel it would suit those looking for an inexpensive bass for either stage or studio/practise.
For the guitar player into home recording and wanting to lay down some bass tracks on the cheap then i would say yeah!! go for it!!
likes..
price
sound
feel ( the most important after sound)
looks
dislikes..
ineffective tone control
slightly neck heavy

good overall set up, some slight buzz on the d string when its hit hard. pickups adjusted on the conservative side.
overall its a nice looking bass only let down by a couple of tiny mineral marks in the body wood

i havent had the bass long enough to comment on reliability but its looks and feels like it will last.
the finish is a soft finish and though it will mark fairly easily (in my opinion) I like my guitars to show signs of being used..
strap buttons seem to be solidly fitted
i wont gig it but i will be relying on it for recording for now and dont feel it will let me down.
one thing it does have going for it for live playing is its relatively low weight which will not have you walking of stage shouting esmarelda!!!

1 years warranty

i have been playing guitar for well over 30 yrs now and own several good quality guitars both acoustic and electric ( gibson, fender, ovation).
I am amazed at the quality of guitar available for the low prices from the low end makers these days..its nothing short of astounding.. to get the quality of bass i have with this one would have meant spending several hundred pounds when i was younger and yes im impressed!!
yes i would by another if i lost this one...
If i had to pick any overal point that made me like this bass its the feel!! going from guitar to bass can seem daunting and some necks out there you really have to wrestle with..this is a nice fast smooth neck..what more do you want!!
my only wish is that the tone control could be more agressive in operation with more range