The "Noiseless" pickups are mediocre at best, the B string is abysmal.
The fretwork on the MM is "okay".
The 5 inline tuners is a BAD design. (too low of tension on the B string for starters)..
I'd give it a pass and buy something used. (Like one of my Warmoth Jazz V !)
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I had one: the Candy Apple Red one.
I don't agree with pickups judgement: they're very good for the price...
But the point is string tension... and that's all true!
I bought that bass for the sound of pickups: I'm serious... I let down a few Spector 5ers I was tryin' out, specifically for the Ceramic Noiseless 18v punch... small problem being there was no active/passive switch.
Big problem being, I had to record our band album and tuning (I play a full step downtuned) proved to be impossible record wise.
I bought (you're in Denmark) a German brand Jazz bass sibling:
Clover Apèiron HJ5 Candy Apple Red:
same 34" scale length but a wider maple neck w/flat rosewood
fingerboard, and an active/passive switch enabling the bass to
go "jazzy" in passive mode, adding just the farest polepieces off the humbucker bridge pickup to the neck single coil pickup or go absolutely "full power" nuts in active mode, adding the whole humbucker bridge pickup to the neck single coil pickup...
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Furthermore, for tuning purposes:
zerofret, to counterbalance low stringtension for detuning;
authentic bone nut; screwfixin stringholder on headstock for perfect angle wise intonation and finally 4+1 Gotoh style small tuners (same as MIM deluxe Jazz V but not 5 in line) to grant a nut/B string tuner proficient distance
Cheers,
Wallace
