I've been playing 18 years & never had a bass fell so & play so comfortably as this Dean. It is a passive, 1 pickup model. It has a HUGE unconvential body shape, but it molds itself right to your body. It is simple and effective.

I play in a hard rock band. It cuts through two guitars with no problems. I found this bass to have a lot of different tones. I combine it with an Ibanez combo amp and I could not be happier with this bass! All this for short dollars too!

I got this bass a year ago and it still works perfectly fine. One nob for the volume and the other for... idk? It doesn't do anything, it's just there. But, other than that, really good. Sounds good pluged into almost anything, and it's really sturdy. Because of the extra long neck, I've accidentally smacked it into the wall more than a few times, but it still works as good as new. Overall, good bass, good sound quailty (for the price), and I reccomend it to the people who don't have the money for a better one. Don't get me wrong, it's really good, but you get what you pay for.

Top heavy for sure, cool lookin' bass though, seems like the tone knob doesn't put much out, but for a starter, not bad, I wish i would have gotten a better bass though, but, what do ya expect, ya get what ya pay for.

I have had this bass for 4 months now and I have to say it is amazing! Due to the large size I have bumped into a lot of things with is and nothing has gone wrong. The bass never goes out of tune due to the heavy duty tuners, and the pickup puts out a lot of sound for its grade, but the one problem I've had is with the nut on the output jack poping off due to tight fitting cords. Overall, this is an amazing bass for the price.

This is a good quality, starter bass. It looks good and plays better. Definitly a bass that makes people look twice.