I have active EMG's in another bass, the sound is very similar. You can get almost any sound with this bass.

There are three eq adjustments for the bass that produces a wide variety of tones.

Its a very nice bass, its looks 100% better in person than on the internet or in a magazine.

Great price

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its a good looking bass

Rock, Funk

About the best sounding bass I have played. In combination with an Ampeg BXT210M speaker cabinet and an Ampeg SVT 3 Pro Head, the bass really comes to life. Can be fine tune adjusted any style music you play. Great bottom end for country or blues.

The pickup are some of the best I have had the pleasure of using.

The workmanship of this instrument is if the highest quality. Access to the battery compartment could be better

The best bang for your buck !

active musician

country/blues

It was great when I first bought it. Extremely hot pickups, almost too hot. Once the strings broke in, which didn't take long, it became very dull. No clarity whatsoever. I chalked it up to old strings and changed them, and found that wasn't the problem. It seemed the fretboard was wearing down and the neck seemed to be warping, creating virtually no resonance or sustain. I would recommend this to a beginner or someone on a budget, but for anyone looking for a good quality gigging bass, keep looking. I would recommend looking into a Schecter Stiletto Elite 5 String. Much better quality for relatively the same price.

Active pickups with OK EQ setup capabilities. Pickups may be a little bit to boomy.

Easily playable, but the sound is another story. Very difficult to find the sound you're looking for unless you want astoundingly booming lows. No mid/high range.

Very nice to look at. Seems to be built solidly, but the electronics might as well be thrown out.

I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone looking for "the bass." It is a good backup or practice bass, but I wouldn't pay retail for it. If you can find a used one between $100-250, I would pick it up, but not much more than that.

I gave it a middle of the road because I never had to reach anyone.

I loved the looks of this bass as well as the initial playability and sound. Once it was "broken in," it wasn't quite so appealing to play. Still looks nice though.

Professional Bassist/Studio musician

Country/Rock

The B-255 is perfect for what I like to play. It has a great heavy sound and the pickups take it that bit further, its way better than any other bass that I've tried. It's also really goodfor live gigs, I use it with a Peavey TNT 115 live and it seems to shake the whole room when your playing a real heavy riff like Metallica and alike.

The features on this are pretty damn good. The EMG pickups set it off a treat. The finishes it comes in (especially black cherry) make it look just that bit more rockin. The volume and tone knobs are plentiful also so you can adjust your sound to suit your style easily. In the way of strings I use elite's because they seem to give it a bit more.

It's really good quality, made perfectly and well up to ESP's usual high standards. Quality finish, not a single paint defect or any sign of it possibly flaking or whatever. Never have to worry about anything breaking, and I treat it pretty rough sometimes! This thing will probly last forever, unless I decide to smash it to pieces, an even then it'll take some smashin.

For what comes with the bass AND the brand name too its amazing at this price, best value for money your gonna find for something like this.

can you not see the picture about? look at it, its beautiful, what more do I need to say??

Active Musician

Rock/Heavy Metal

The tone quality on deep tones and bright tones sound great... Sounds great slapped, plucked, picked, and anything else you can think of... The EMG pickups really make this bass extremely versatile...

The EQ makes it easy to go from hard rock to mellow jazz very quickly...

The best 5 string you will find under 700 bucks

Definately worth the 470 I paid for it

The first time I played this bass I fell in love... The look, feel, comfort, and sound all made it the bass I was looking for...

Studio Musician

Jazz, Rock