Prompt delivery from Thomann and was well packed, comes with a high quality gig bag. The frets appear to be smooth and level, everything works, the instrument looks well made. The Kala required some adjustment to get the intonation just right but i'm pleased that there is enough scope to do those adjustments. On first playing it seems the A string is a little louder than the others so maybe some more adjustment of string or pickup height is still required. The roundwound strings are okay although, as many other reviews have said, i'll probably change to flatwounds. Tone is good and there is plenty of variation of tone available, more so than other basses I have. The neck is the same width as a full size bass (about 55mm at the 12th fret), not a problem for me but was wider than I expected. Overall I'm very pleased.