PJ-74 VW Vintage Series : Looks, feels and plays very nicely for under $200 USD

I am an amateur guitarist and only previously owned a short-scale Squire bass. The HB PJ-74 VW is my first full scale bass and it feels powerful, sexy and fun to hold and to play.

I ordered the bass (and a guitar) on a Saturday in NYC, USA and received my bass and an HB DC Custom Cherry guitar four days later(!).

I have already stressed by fretboard hand from playing the bass so much in the last 36-hours since receiving it. The bass is large, but it feels surprising light.

Although I have not visually inspected the electronics, the sound of the Roswell pickups are more sonically pleasing than the Squire factory pickups, from my previous bass. The pinus radiata fretboard looks and feels like dark rosewood. The African alder body is light and the back of the neck has a satin smooth finish.