Spirit XT-2 Standard Bass WH : Fantastic value travel and 80's throwback sensation

When you order this bass you must order the adaptor for normal strings and some decent, known brand strings. Because the Steinberger double ended strings are junk.

That said, I spent about an hour changing the strings to some Rotosounds, lowering the action at the bridge and setting the intonation and now it's very playable. There's a bit of fret sprout that will take another hour's work with a nail sanding board and then I'm set.

Note that the position of the instrument is weird when you have it strapped on. It's all displaced to the left because of the short body. You'll be stretching your left arm for quite a way to play the first few frets. I saw somebody on YT with a rather ugly but practical mod with a metal bracket to move the left strap lug away from the body. I can see why now.