Solid bass and a LOT better than some of the other cheap basses I've bought here. The neck is straight, the bone nut is fitted properly, no fret ends or uneven frets. The neck is definitely a PBass shape - wide and thick. Played decent out of the box but needed a setup after new strings. That's normal for any bass. Here's the "aware" part - they use non-standard parts. I replaced the bridge pickup but the cavity isn't standard Jazz Bass dimensions. The replacement pickup would not fit until I did a little routing with a Dremel. I'll be replacing the Split pickup also, I guess I'll find out if it's non-standard too. It's an easy fix if you're used to tweaking guitars, but it may be beyond a beginner. That said, the stock pickups will do the job and the bass has good "bones". It's a worthy first bass guitar. I'd buy this one before any of the other knock-offs.