Took a long time to ship due to a backorder, but arrived in good shape. The soundpost was in place, and I was surprised to find that the strings and bridge were also in place (though nothing close to being actually 'set up'). The bow is french, and is trash. I bought a german bow. I suppose that's a personal preference. The ebony fingerboard is nice. The machine heads are functioning properly and the bass stays in tune, depending on the weather. The strings are not the best, but I'll play them until they die completely. In other words, I didn't feel an emergency string changing was in order. I am getting work done on the bridge next week because I have the adjusters all the way down and it's still too high for certain applications. Great tone. Overall, I am very satisfied and would do it all over again. And, like the reviewer before me, I believe this bass to be matchless in it's price range.

A redder color than the picture shows but she really does have the flame thing going on nicely. I know she’s just a laminate but it still is nice to have a pretty bass. The ebony is a super nice feature at this price. The neck still feels thick enough for being a thinner one than normal but it is in fact slightly thinner than normal. She sounds good; sounds like an upright to me. Not as loud as some others. The stock strings felt ok, but I have replaced them with Spirocores. The keys seem to be doing the job just fine. It took a few tries for the tuning to stabilize, but now she holds tuning real good. The neck is developing a buzz on the E string at the B position but I will get it professionally set up some day. The bag is par, and I have upgraded to a better I got to say I actually liked the bow better than a much pricier range one I have. I have seen uprights three times the price that I do not like as well, so for me it was worth the wait as I do not know it’s equal at this range at all.