I always had it in the back of my mind that Schecter are not a really good brand. Don't know why, I went and bought this bass, and well... It is not very good indeed. I compare it to my much more affordable Ibanez SDGR 4 string, which sounds much better! The quality of the pickups, bridge, electronics are very basic. I will now spend another 400 euro only to replace all of them... I also see no use of the extended scale lenght. Only benefit is, it looks good, but it is heavy so keep your back strong. I regret that I missed the opportunity to replace it with a better instrument. Seriously, unless you are a big fen of Schecter for some reason, go buy an Ibanez...