JB-75MN NA Vintage Series : OMG

This is it. After watching a bunch of youtube reviews (both objective and subjective), I ordered one. Man, I'm impressed. Pickups aside, this is a much, much better bass than MIM F. Fret ends are not rolled but not rough (I won't file them down and won't be bothered by them). Neck is smooth. Tuners not rough.

Sound-wise? Good. But I think the pickups are way too strong. Slap tone is just jazz bass sound, which is good.

I won't complain about cosmetic stuff. I buy instruments to play, so unless something really visible, I don't mind. I don't see any defects (well, the pick guard's edges need to be cleaned up).

One minor thing I don't like: the knobs. They are cheap plastic and I guarantee they will break in the future. They're also inserted haphazardly so you really don't have a sense of where you are just looking at them. But this is a small problem since they're cheap to replace.

Currently, I just use the pickups as they are. I may replace them with DiMarzio Area J if I feel like it in the future. But these are already pretty decent. In fact, they have less noise than my Fender vintage pickups.

Wholeheartedly recommend it.