PJ-5 HTR Deluxe Series : Good Bass for the price

I'm primarily a guitarist, but I play bass while tracking demo's at home as well, for the money this is ideal. It's not the best bass in the world, lets get that over first. It does however cover a necessary gap in the mix and would serve well if you want to play it live. I purchased this towards the end of 2011 and I haven't had any 'major' issues with it yet.

The neck pickup sounds very warm, I tend to have this quite high and feed the bridge pickup in until I get the rounded sound that I'm looking for. The neck pickup does pick up the low B string in a 'nicer' way than the bridge does. Maybe that's just personal preference.

The beef I have with the bass are the machine heads. They just seem to not grip that well. If you want to tune you can't make any fine adjustments especially on the low B. You can get it in tune and it will stay in tune, just be cautious when you are tuning it.

If I was to purchase a bass again, I would think about getting the Harley Benton HBZ 2005 instead.