Hi
I owned one for a while, gigged regularly. Sold it (reluctantly) to make way for a Fender Strat
Very nice bass though, distinctive sound, punchy, powerful. I can't claim to have played early 60's original basses I'm afraid, but this comes pretty close I reckon. Downsides were :
- completely unshielded electronics, so it buzzed like a swarm of angry bees!....of course, I could have got that sorted for not much money
- the tone controls are mighty strange. They don't work in any kind of graduated, linear way, or nearly as 'well' as on my American standard. Probably supposed to be like that to mirror those early days, but I found it very tricky to quickly get, say, a much warmer sound if you wanted that
But, overall, excellent and very cool bass for the money....
Mart