JB-75FL SB Vintage Series : Unbelievable value for money but super-heavy

For the price this is unbelievable. Sounds like a real jazz bass. I personally may not be able to tell the difference hearing it on a record or live.

Everything works fine: no intonation issues, fretboard well done (I managed to achieve the same action as on a Sire V7fl), puckups may lack the bottom end of some more pricey options but they are not weak and muffled as in some cheap basses, they do their job great. The strings it came with were perfectly good.

There are two things to be aware: one is the neck, which is chunkier than a standard jazz bass, and the other, unfortunately, is the weight. 5.4kg on my bathroom scale and also a bit neck-heavy.

It is a real pity because for a lot of people, including me, this means that the bass would mostly be a couch instrument.