This bass came to me with a comfortable Deluxe gig bag. First of all, the quality if this instrument is fantastic! You can do jazz, blues, metall, punk-rock, absolutely everything - sounds is amazing, i fell in love! Yeah.. But, I would like to compare Performer with my Player Series P-bass and of course there are many differences. Performer has better metallic components such as pots, tuners, frets and less string's "buzz" like on a Player Series (E-string). Fret job is better also. Performer has matte finish. It looks so beautiful! Player has it a little bit sharper frets, but that's not a problem. What about the sound... For me, Player sounds warmer, but Performer more clearer, bassy and versatile. In general it hard to say which one of them is better. They are both sounds perfectly! So, I would say If you want MIA P-bass, take this one and you'll be happy! But if it doesn't matter to you Mexico or America - take Player P-bass and you also will not be dissapointed!