PJ-75 VW Vintage Series : Not great out of the box, but a fantastic platform for modding.

5 String PJ basses are hard to come by, as such I was drawn to this instrument.

Out of the box, the fit and finish I couldn't fault. However, there was some serious fret buzz on a fair few frets from 10 and above. This was down to uneven frets and I needed to seriously level the frets. Having done this, it now plays with a very low action and feels lovely.

The pickups are mixed. The P pickup is pretty decent. The J pickup to me sounds horrible, and mixing it into the P just didn't work. That may be personal taste.

I've since replaced the pickups, bridge and machine heads and this is now one of my favourite basses.

If it had arrived not needing a fret dress, I'd say it's entirely worth the money. Perhaps I got a bad one.