Beatbass FL VS Vintage Series : Bit of a disappointment...

On the whole these are well made, but even at this price point my particular copy came with a few let downs:

1: the sunburst finish on mine is rather crudely applied, heavy black outer and sudden change to amber centre, and the 'flame maple' top shows barely any figuring at all, nothing like the website images.

2: the fingerboard was dry as a bone and pale grey looking, and took four coats of lemon oil applied over a couple of days to get it looking and feeling respectable.

3: the pickup switches are wired incorrectly (and I don't mean in the quirky original Hofner sense) - bass 'on' actually switches the bridge pickup on, and treble 'on' switches the neck pickup on. Not a huge issue for me as I always have them both on and use the volumes to balance the tone, but still not up to scratch.

3: as many have said, the strings supplied with the bass are dreadful - why bother? I have replaced them with genuine Hofner flat wounds.

I get the feeling I have received a 'Friday afternoon' copy of what would otherwise be a great value instrument...