I use this bass in my home studio, as well as for band practice. Overall, this bass, provided you do a proper setup with a qualified technician, punches way above than what its very friendly price would suggest. It has quality active electronics, nice construction quality (mine was made in Indonesia) and plays like a dream. What might be disappointing is the "out-of-the-box" setup, it was really badly setup but this is easily fixed. Once properly setup, it is a versatile instrument with extremely good price/performance ratio. Highly recommended.