I've owned a Traben Tribal Sun, a similar bass a while back. To be honest, I didn't like it as much as I wanted to. It sounded underwhelming and very sterile, it was also pretty uncomfortable to play for me, it was the chunky neck and whole ergonomics of the bass. Not to mention, snagged my finger on one of the spokes of the metal sun drawing blood lol. Probably a better bass for pick or finger players than for funk players. Absolutely not worth $600, even back then I paid a little over $200 for a used one...go on GC used site and search "traben".