I play guitar, but have 2 basses in my (small) collection. One of them is this EXACT bass, same color and everything. It is just OK, doesn’t sound great, plays fairly well. I shielded the back of the pickguard and inside of the control cavity with conductive metal tape (connected to ground) to cut down on hum, and replaced the nut with a hand-shaped brass nut, (they sell the blanks at Guitar Center). It didn’t improve the tone a whole lot. I find that the low strings are fairly low on output, not evenly balanced with the higher strings. For a beginner bass, it will do, but as you get better I highly suggest getting a better quality one. Most importantly- have fun!