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I love this bass. I wasn't sure of the color at first but I like it it's different. Not just black for a change. When I changed the strings I found that I really like the headstock. Wasn't sure about that either cause I love the look of the Jackson headstock. But right outta the box the bass played great. Good action and a fast feel. I put flats on it right away. Not sure about those. My first time trying flats but they do help with bass buzz. This is the best Jackson bass I have ever played. I always upgrade the pickups but I won't need to with this one. It's sounds as good if not better than my p bass and my jazz bass and I put DiMarzio pickups in those. You can't find a better playing or sounding bass than this. Save yourself time and money. This is a great bass. Can't believe it doesn't cost twice as much. I've never tried to contact Jackson so I had to put something.

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Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful bass, and it's probably the lowest priced bass out there with active pickups. It's a great practice tool and you could conceivably gig with it if you put a little work into it. So it's not terrible by any means and it's a pretty decent value. That said, don't buy this a s a first bass. The set up when you get it...God awful. It's just terrible. There's no nice way to put it. I had to take literally all of the slack out of the truss rod because the fret bus was unbelievable and you'd get dead notes towards the headstock. Even then I had to file the frets and adjust the bridge pretty drastically. The nut has it's own issues and I'll need to replace it soon. It's not uncommon to have to do some set up on an instrument, but this was above and beyond what it should have been. It seemed like it was never tested, or it skipped quality control. Even with a decent set up donee, there's still a fair amount of fret buzz. You can eliminate some of that by getting some flat wound strings. It seems to really help. Other than that, it plays ok, it has a decent amount of tone settings, the push pull pots add a lot of variation, it's light, the neck action is good once you file down the razor wire frets and it looks good. Like I said, it's not a bad bass, but you'll have to put some time and energy into it to get it there. You're not going to pull it out of the box and play.

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My wife wanted to learn bass guitar. She picked this one because it looked great. When it arrived, she picked it up. It was at that moment that I realized I bought my left-handed wife a right-handed bass. Return it? Why would I do that? I bought her another bass (left-handed) and I play around on this one. I am not a proficient player, but this one is easy to play and sounds great. I really can’t compare it to anything, but my neighbors aren’t overly enthused that I bought. I guess hearing “Seven Nation Army”, “Crazy Train”, “Smoke on the Water”, or “Iron Man” over and over can be infuriating. I think it even goes up to 11.For a beginner bass, you can’t go wrong with this one. The guys I do know that play guitar/bass really enjoy playing on it when they come over to hang out.For the record, my wife touched her left-handed bass once. I can’t complain, I got a bass out of the deal. Maybe I should “accidentally” buy a “right-handed” drum set next.