What a great bass, I have played bass for 50yrs on & off, I own 12 basses so I have a good comparison, fenders, squires, hofners german & china made & this bass holds it's own, good setup out the box, perfect fit in the neck pocket,good paint job, I was planning on changing pickups but no need to really, only negative is the crappy strings, advertised as d' addario definately not. If your a snob & want Mustang on the headstock thats up to you, for me this is great