This bass is fantastic for how cheap it is. I'm using this bass to record and make songs with and am fully confident with tracking solo bass parts using this thing.
The playability is decent out the box but gets way better with a small truss rod adjustment. There can be some static buzz from the pickups, especially when the tone knob is at 10, but with a noise gate or manual gating (in DAW) I don't see it as a problem.