JB-40FL 3-Tone Sunburst : Excellent fretless, great value for money!

As I wanted to explore fretless playing, I looked around to get my bearings. As I'm not a great bass player, I didn't want my first steps on this path to be overly expensive, so I bought the cheapest J-bass I could find.

The bass arrived, I unboxed it, immediately changed the strings for flatwounds (La Bella 760FS Deep Talkin Bass), plugged it in my amp and was blown away by the sustain and the famous fretless 'growl'.

What a beaut!

It is heavy (which helps the sustain no end) and the tone is very versatile - a true J-bass in that respect.

Although I bought this one as a 'tester' and have in the mean time bought a 5-string fretless, I will keep it for emergencies etc.

Pros:

+ great tone

+ very versatile

+ great sustain

+ nicely finished (no sharp frets)

The only con I think:

- it comes with regular (roundwound) strings... who does that anymore