B-550 Black Progressive Series : My first 5-string, love it!

My second ever guitar but my first that was new. Absolutely love it! The ability to switch between active and passive at the pull of a switch is amazing and it holds its tuning very well. Passive mode is great for saving money on not needing to buy loads of 9V batteries whilst active mode does add a surprisingly nice punch to the sound when I need it.

The quick-load battery compartment is genius and I wish my 4-string bass had this too as it only works in active mode so I need to change its battery quite regularly (enough that it gets annoying at least).

I changed strings to a set of DR DDT's, didn't widen the nut grooves which probably wasn't a great idea but it's holding up just fine, plus the thicker strings now have less tension and I fixed the only issue this guitar had; a loose B-string. The stock B-string would rattle quite often when strummed (hence 4 stars for quality), but a thicker string fixed this issue.