I was a tad worried about quality for this price. But after 3 hours work (which i always enjoy), she was playing like a dream. Very impressed with the evenness of tone and power accross the whole fretboard and so comfortable to play ,even on the shoulders for 5 hours! The neck is so narrow compared to most basses it took me 30 minutes to realise how little concentration i had to put into finger work/ string spacing. Just perfect for lazy old me! 5 stars to Thomann's quality control on this jem and its case