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Surprised to see no one has said much about this bass yet, so here's my takeaway and why I bought one. I'll save my life story for later for the sake of making this a review rather than a story, however I should mention I've never owned let alone played a Schecter bass until now, however I've owned well over a dozen various Ibanez soundgear basses, from the cheapest GSRs to the higher end prestiges.

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My order was put in on Monday and I received it on Wednesday. This bass was beyond my expectations not only did the tag on the back of the cavity state the number 51 and that it was set up and ready to play but it actually was as well as in tune. The weight is well-balanced, the playability is unsurpassed and the sound of the pickups simply smacks of new-age brilliance and overall hybrid technology. I am a collector of over 20 guitars and basses I find that this one holds its own due to the fact that it gives me or any other player the essence of jazz bass old school tone and feel with The Music Man crunch bite and bottom along with a touch of Gibson neck and Bridge toggling with the added series parallel 3 position switches for each pickup which gives it all the tone capabilities of the aforementioned and then some. As I read the reviews from several different corresponding websites and media reviews none of which told the entire truth about to CV-5 brought me to the realization that this bass is not and I repeat not intended for the bassist who are'nt "slap, funk, riff and Shred oriented in the likes of (Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius and Victor Wooten). To my amazement I have found that the technology put into this instrument leaves me in AWE as to how in the hell they produce a sound as versatile, complete and outright strong as this without batteries and I'm talking totally passive not active yet rivals all of my active basses including my 18 volt basses. The CV-5 in my opinion is worth at least twice as much as what I paid for it. "Schecter you kicked all ass on this one!"

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First off let me start with the cons of this particular line of basses. I had to return two because of each having their own individual issues and sharing two common traits. First common trait was the fret work on both basses. They were not level and needed finisihing on the sides for they were particularly sharp, the first one more than the second. Next I found on both instruments that the pick guard was bowed just behind the neck pickup on both basses. Neither of these issues would have made me send either of the basses back for our guitarist is a luthier and does amazing fret work and the pick guard just needed an extra screw if it didn’t work the issue out over time. The first bass even having the sharp edges on the frets was still very playable but it had a problem with the coil tapping switch for the back pickup. I couldn’t deal with that so I sent it back. The second one I got was not easily playable. The frets weren’t as bad as the first but still had the bow in the pick guard. Not a big issue as I stated before. The issue was is there was something going on with the neck I think because the action was really high when I got it and with neck tweaking and bridge saddle adjustments they would only go so low which for my taste was still too high. This I couldn’t deal with. But hey I really liked the sound of the bass so I gave it another shot. The next one I got needs fret leveling like the first two and the fret ends only need a bit of work to polish them off. Not a big issue. $40 out of pocket for a bass I really like is worth it to me. Just saying, true story lol. Everything else on the third one was great! I was relieved to say the least. Patience and persistence pays off sometimes. Note that the first two were in ivory and the last one in sunburst. The pick guard on the sunburst was on point and perfect btw. I accredit the issue with the frets to the maple fretboard for they tend to shrink if not dry enough at the time of the initial build. Most wood does but maple in my experience seems to be the one that usually does this in production basses. I did have to do a set up on the sunburst one I got last but no issue for me. I was thought by a professional when I was in college how to set them up and install electronics. No biggie. Now for the pros...this bass sounds amazing. The coil topping switches are the bomb. Along with the pickup selection switch you can get any bass tone you want from a precision bass to a jazz bass and every thing in between with very little effort and no tweeking of the amp. Yes you heard me right, set it and forget it on the amp side of your sound which is a sweet deal. The playability on the sunburst one after I set it up is very very good. It’s not a Spector kind of good but it is a quarter of the price of my favorite Spector Basses and pretty darn good for the price. The sunburst one will be on point after a fret job and I may have to eat those words

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I've never used Schecter basses before. I'm a pro bass player and have always gravitated towards "value" guitars because I feel you can get a lot of use from something for the money. Also, things can get broken or stolen and if that happens, I'd rather be out a cheap instrument that is easily replaceable than have to spend big money. My 5 string went out of commission, and I was eager to find a higher quality bass that might be better. I guess I didn't shoot high enough. I like the look of this bass and out of the box, the set up was nice and low and tuned up nicely. Immediately, I noticed that the fret ends were razor sharp. These things were constantly trying to rip me to shreds. The tuners are very nice and held tuning quite well. I was hoping for a lighter weight bass because the body was smaller than I had seen on others. This is a chunk of a bass. I had it on for about 15 minutes and my back was shot. Granted, my back is not great to begin with, but this felt extremely heavy. Moving on to electronics. I ran this bass thru my Behringer pre-amp Pedal and A/B'd it with and without. The sounds were pretty standard. I found some neat ones and feel like it would be pretty useful for most endeavors. Upon switching to the bridge pick up, the sound cut out all together. I worked it gently back and forth and found it made a lot of noise. All of the toggles were noisy and felt extremely cheap. Eventually, I was able to get sound out of the bridge pick up (maybe it needed to break in?) This did not leave me with a large amount of confidence. The bridge was good and needed no adjusting. I'm probably going to return this bass. Not much here to fall in love with and definitely not worth $650.

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