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Almost great
Overall it is a playable instrument with cool listed features.
Here are my impressions after about a month after purchasing.
Satin finish on the back of the neck is very smooth and enjoyable. Fretwork overall is acceptable. To achieve my preffered (mid to low) action I had to shim the neck because the high mass bridge didn’t allow to go low enough. Further there were no fret buzz and no catchy fret edges so far (UPD: in the winter the wood shrank, fret edges sticked out so it was the time to fix it along with rounding fret edges. Despite they were rounded to certain extent from the factory, it was far from what for example Sire does). The neck sits tight in the pocket, there is no visible gap. Obviously, they did not clean the frets after applying lacquer so it has already started to coming off from the frets at some random spots. The instrument itself is well balanced (thanks to the heavy bridge). Sound is ok, balance between the strings is fine, nothing is too boomy or too weak.
Yellow finish (I love the color) had one mark in the front side, not a big deal but still a bit disappointing. Another question is the jack cavity, there is a gap on both sides between the body and a mounted plug socket. Again, it is purely cosmetic issue (hopefully) but I have never seen it before on other basses).
Foil on the pick guard is tricky. Perhaps, do not try to remove it until it is necessary because you need to remove all pot knobs and nuts which is annoying and there is a chance to scratch the plate (by the way, there are no spacers between nuts and the pick guard which is weird).
Setup out of the box worked somehow but it was miles away from numbers of a “good setup” on the Fender’s own website. The P-pickup was flushed into the body and the neck was quite low as well. The action was incredibly high.
A “deluxe” bag is of a quite mediocre (if not low) quality. It is fine as a dust cover but I would not rely on it anywhere else.
With all of that, it still seems a solid instrument which despite of some imperfections sounds and feels good. With some extra efforts you can make it really shine.
Here are my impressions after about a month after purchasing.
Satin finish on the back of the neck is very smooth and enjoyable. Fretwork overall is acceptable. To achieve my preffered (mid to low) action I had to shim the neck because the high mass bridge didn’t allow to go low enough. Further there were no fret buzz and no catchy fret edges so far (UPD: in the winter the wood shrank, fret edges sticked out so it was the time to fix it along with rounding fret edges. Despite they were rounded to certain extent from the factory, it was far from what for example Sire does). The neck sits tight in the pocket, there is no visible gap. Obviously, they did not clean the frets after applying lacquer so it has already started to coming off from the frets at some random spots. The instrument itself is well balanced (thanks to the heavy bridge). Sound is ok, balance between the strings is fine, nothing is too boomy or too weak.
Yellow finish (I love the color) had one mark in the front side, not a big deal but still a bit disappointing. Another question is the jack cavity, there is a gap on both sides between the body and a mounted plug socket. Again, it is purely cosmetic issue (hopefully) but I have never seen it before on other basses).
Foil on the pick guard is tricky. Perhaps, do not try to remove it until it is necessary because you need to remove all pot knobs and nuts which is annoying and there is a chance to scratch the plate (by the way, there are no spacers between nuts and the pick guard which is weird).
Setup out of the box worked somehow but it was miles away from numbers of a “good setup” on the Fender’s own website. The P-pickup was flushed into the body and the neck was quite low as well. The action was incredibly high.
A “deluxe” bag is of a quite mediocre (if not low) quality. It is fine as a dust cover but I would not rely on it anywhere else.
With all of that, it still seems a solid instrument which despite of some imperfections sounds and feels good. With some extra efforts you can make it really shine.
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