I had an opportunity to play one of these basses a couple of years ago when it was for sale....asking price was $2,700 in excellent condition. The workmanship was fine but it sounded horrible. I'm into graphite basses, currently with 12 full construction or graphite neck in my collection, and this was by far the worst sounding graphite bass I've ever played. Thin, honky....I couldn't fine a usable tone. I know someone will take me to task for picking on this bass like I am but I was thrilled to find it and almost paid the asking price before I played it. Thank goodness I played it first.