I think I must have got a good one, played it with some old/dead strings (stock ones are horrible) as I don’t like the zing of new strings, and without doing any setting up, it sounds really good stock. The neck is super easy to play with a lovely low action (less than 3mm at 12th fret), and being so lightweight it still somehow maintains a nice balance. The pickups (after adjusting the height) to be more bass bias sound good, warm and good articulation up and down the neck, even with the tone at 60%. The highs are a bit harsh, so the only mod I now plan to do is change the cap to 0.1 instead of stock 0.047, which should round the sound off nicely.
Machine heads and pots turn firmly and work well. I don’t think I will do any of the upgrades I had planned, they may improve the bass, but only very marginally so isn’t worth doing imho. I may add Chromes, but the old roundwounds sound really nice and are different to my other basses (which all have flats) that I may keep them on.
After I do a proper set up, this is definitely a keeper. It’s super fun to play, was noodling on it for well over an hour, felt like 5 mins.