HB-60 WB : Great instrument with small defects

I bought this bass to use primarily for recording. Overall I'm very happy with the purchase and would recommend this instrument to anyone looking for an inexpensive semi-hollow bass, as long as they're willing to accept/fix some small defects.

Pros:

+ Looks great! Want to pick it up and play it every time I see it.

+ Decent pickups. Granted I'm not super picky in this regard, but I've found it to be by far the best sounding/most versatile of a few affordable basses I've played.

+ Great tuners. Easy to turn with no "dead zones".

Cons:

- Very loud buzz when turning up the tone knob. I'm not looking forward to having to investigate this, so I'm just using a noise reduction VST plugin for now.

- Intonation is tough. I know some people like floating bridges, but I wish this came with a tune-o-matic bridge instead.

- Frets are somewhat rough at the edge of the neck.

- Needed a setup out of the box (lots of fret buzz/super high action).

I think it's a great value - just don't expect complete perfection out of the box.