JB-75MN NA Vintage Series : You won't find better for 140¤

I bought this as an extra bass to practise when I'm away from home. The neck has a nice feel and is straight. The sound is fine and I'm not noticing any significant hum. The body woodwork is lovely - it looks a lot like my swamp ash Marcus Miller Sire.

The fret ends absolutely need half to one hour of DIY with some masking tape and fingernail sanding boards to make play comfortable.

Being picky: the tuners feel like you need to apply a lot of torque to get the thing up to pitch, especially on the D and G strings. This might be the tuners themselves or the nut or the string tree. Or a combination. So I'm replacing the tuners with some Schaller just because I feel like it. The pickup pole pieces stick out a lot and they're kind of sharp. This is probably just like original Fender, but just a bit janky. I might replace them for that reason alone. I'm also going to try a cheapo high mass bridge, again, just because I fancy tinkering, not that it's absolutely necessary.