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Traben hmmm

I just don't see why Traben insists on those bridges with the large plate shaped like flames, or in this case, a sun burst. Not my cup of tea.

And you can't really swap bridges. You'd have bare screw holes all over the face of the bass.
 
I'm a recent convert myself.....my wife pointed one out to me at out Local Mom and Pop store recently and after playing it, I dumped one of my lower end E.S.P's and bought it...It is now my main player

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35" scale, does both active and passive, the Rockfield 3 band electronics and pups are simply the cats meow...Royal Paulonia body laced with ebony, flame maple top, wenge fretboard, NT construction two Graphite re-inforced truss rods...

I can think of much worse ways to spend $550.00

the neck is fast and articulate, and outplays many basses i have tried that cost over twice as much....

my notes ring out much longer than my guitards...

my only complaint is it doesn't do oldschool tone very well but the modern tone absolutley buries anything else i have tried...

YMMV but I'm hooked