I bought one of these recently, I bought it as I wanted a five stringed bass with a maple board and nothing that I fancied had come up in the classifieds.
I originally thought that I'd be changing stuff out on it - but no - ok the bridge is a BBOT, it works, the tuners stay in tune the pick up is wonderfully boisterous, the electronics - just work.
It took a bit of setting up out of the box, I rehearsed with it last night playing the material for our forthcoming Xmas gigs - something about its simplicity just put a massive smile on my face.
Its just a great bass - irrespective of the £250 price tag.
Here it is at the sound check of a recent gig