Hi everybody! I just got lucky and, traded a 96 stingray for an Essence. Wonderful instrument. I am really a guitarist, playing bass just for fun and preparing for a recording project in which I want to play bass myself. The Essence is a remarkable bass, easily as nice as my long gone Modulus Flea, and with the best sound I have heard from any bass. I would like (I think) to add a Q switch, and will start a thread regarding that in the forum.