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I bought this bass from a shop in London for £520

This Bass has a very smooth fast playing neck, its quite light so your shoulder doesnt get tired quickly, the tonal range on this bass is big, it does everything from jazz to funk to rock, the bass also sits comfortably aswell and the neck doesnt dive, the bass is all usa made and has standard usa jazz bass pickups plus it comes in a high quality gig bag,

firstly the paint job chips easily as its only a satin finish, i think the idea behind this is to give the bass a used vintage look, secondly the action is always high, i like a bass with a medium to low action but no matter how low i lowered the bridge it still had a high action on it which caused fret buzz when the string was depressed by my fingers, plus the bridge is crap as all jazz bass bridges are,

as i said the neck is fast and very playable, the bridge and finish arent very good, action is too high, a light bass, well balanced,

this bass is good if your on a budget, sounds exactly like a standard us jazz bass but you dont get the extras such as a gloss finish or strings through the body, big tonal range but a little uncomfortable to play due to the high action,

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