PJ-5 HTR Deluxe Series : Unbeatable for the price.

I bought this bass as a recording bass, I do a lot of home recording and needed something to flesh out my riff ideas. I'm primarily a guitarist. This bass meets all the criteria I needed it to. It's comfortable to play, it's a decent weight, and it sounds lovely. Out the box, it arrived almost perfectly in tune, with strings feeling new and fresh. The setup was impeccable - no dead spots, no buzzing, no sharp fret ends. Blown my expectations out the water and I couldn't be happier with it.

The pickguard did show some manufacturing defects, as it had straggling threads of plastic coming off in multiple places, but other than that, cosmetically, the bass looked fine. If I were to change anything about it, it'd be the bridge. It feels light and low quality (I had to remove it to drill a hole to fit a .135 gauge string).

Overall, I'm very impressed with this bass and would strongly recommend it to anyone looking to either purchase their first 5 string, or any guitarists looking to buy a bass.