Straight out of the box I was impressed by this bass. The colour is great and the paint finish is flawless. The neck has a smooth satin finish and the fretwork is excellent. The tuners turn smoothly and maintain the tuning. All the bass needed was tuning, the intonation was spot on and the action was quite low. The pots turn smoothly with a reassuring resistance. The volume pots allow gradual mixing of the pickups, while the tone pot works throughout its range from a thud to a bright tone. The bass weighs 4Kg and hangs nicely on the strap without neck dive.
I bought the 62 thinking I would need to change the tuners and the pickups to make it a good instrument, that simply isn't the case. I might change the pickups in the future just to try a different sound, but for now I'm happy just to play it.
In fact, I like this bass so much I named it.....everyone, meet Minty Green.