Pretty decent bass for the money. Tuned the bass,& noticed that I will have to do a proper setup. The strings that are on it feel cheap, but will do for now. All together, this product is satisfactory & a great deal.

After reading several reviews about this six string bass, I was convinced enough to buy it. My background, I am new in the bass world and I was brave enough to jump onto a 6 string.My take on the instrument:It is well designed and sounds great out of the box. It is a beautiful instrument in my opinion at a fraction of big name brands. However, you might need to tweak it to suit your needs as I did.Tweaks:I replaced the sound jack since the one that comes with it honestly doesn't grip well and that affects the sound output.The preamp that comes with it works but I wanted to experiment with a single NFP filter preamp. With the NFP I kept the 3 way switch that came with it. I replaced the stock vol and tone pots with B500k and added a 0.2uF capacitor to the tone port.With the NFP preamp I was able to make the bass both passive and active. So my apologies to a reply I did in regards to the pickups that come with the bass. They are actually passive pickups. They are a little loud than name brands but with the NFP I was able to attenuate the pickup output to my liking.I also replaced the strings with Markbass Ultimate series with soft touch. They were $20 off so not bad and they are so soft on my fingers. They are round wound so versatile for different genres.I also insulated all the cavities with copper tape including the cover. I also sandwiched rubber between the bridge and the body to make it nice and quiet maintaining sound fidelity.My total including the bass was about $380. It sounds much better and cleaner it's hard to put it down once I have started playing it.I hope this is helpful and glad to demystify some conceptions about the bass. I love tinkering so who knows what else I will do to it.

Would have rated 2-1/2 stars if it were possible. The Ktaxon 6-string bass is almost equally very good, and seriously bad.The good: arrived in good condition, the guitar was surprisingly well set up with a straight neck, good action, and intonation perfect. It is fun to play, will probably be my go-to bass. My first experience with a bass with more than 4 strings, much easier with the left hand than I thought it would be (and I don’t have long fingers) but right hand still getting used to how close the strings are.The bad: inexpensive guitars come with cheap throw ins. In this case strap, bag, and strings. But much more serious, the electronics are terrible. Horrible buzz that only partially reduced when I touched the strings, and a very low output. Opened it up, and there was no shielding. Put in copper foil (something I have done before with success) and put everything back in place. Dead. Nothing. I tried replacing the potentiometers, and rewiring as per a diagram from a major pickup manufacturer. Nothing. Of course all of this voided any option for return. So be it. I bought an expensive pickup kit from EMG that doesn’t require soldering. Waiting for arrival.All in all still happy with the purchase. What was a super cheap $300 (w/tax) bass will be a still inexpensive $550 bass with top notch pickups and active electronics. But this will be my last price-too-good-to-be-true experiment. Maybe a kit next….😂

Mine came set up with perfect intonation and perfect action right out of the box like it just came from my guitar guy… Who mostly works for semi pros and pros some of them quite famous. It plays beautifully and even the strings that it comes with sound pretty decent. The reason I can’t give it five stars or even four stars is it’s got four Control knobs and two pick ups and a whole bunch of wiring and soldering joints. Unfortunately, either of the pick ups are junk and I guarantee on the soldering was flooded. It has something internal going to ground, which creates quite a buzz with your hands on the strings, but if you take your hands off the string sounds like you’re shaving with an electric 1972. I like to fit and finish action and set up and just general feel of the base so much that I couldn’t bear to send it back just in case I got a one off which happens so often with companies putting out cheap products… Every now and then you get a fellow that really knows what he’s doing… Probably just by accident… But he’s pretty awesome… Sadly, he probably doesn’t even know it. So I bought some new pickups that should be here tomorrow I’m gonna solder them in and button it up and see how it sounds. Hopefully I won’t have to change , the rheostats. I play my absolutely one in 1 million. Send jazz American base through my brother-in-law‘s amplifier stack. It’s an offbrand but it sounds to Ampeg. I’m normally at quarter volume with my fender… With the six string I almost had to turn the amp up to full volume to get the same level. It’s pretty complicated wiring with four controls two tones and two volume… So I’m sure it’s just something very minor, and honestly, I’m sure I can make it 10 times quieter bought some shielded cloth wrapped vintage wire. I’m gonna replace everything and make the solder look like it was carefully placed there.

Ok - so there's good and bad with this bass. I was truly pleasantly surprised by this, however - once I made a few changes.I've been building guitars and basses for several years so I've seen good and bad when it comes to fretwork, electronics, etc.The good:- the fretwork is fantastic. There are no sharp frets anywhere on this. Running my fingers up and down the neck I didn't have any frets that stuck out to me even hinting that I needed to do any fretwork.- the intonation is great. After adjusting the bridge saddles a bit, the intonation on this is great. It also kept in tune which can be surprising given that the tuners are not after-market expensive quality.- the finish is very nice. There are a few flaws in the overall finish - like pits in the clear, but overall they're not noticeable unless you look.- pickups are very good for a cheap guitar. One of the first things I do when buying a guitar kit is to buy replacement pickups. There are a lot of arguments online and in guitar shops about what can affect the tone of an electric guitar or bass. The truth is, after building for many years, that the pickups are the #1 influencer of tone. Having a high-mass bridge, solid nut, good strings, and nice wood will all impact the tone as well, but nothing more than the pickups. These pickups were a pleasant surprise to me (more on this later).The bad:- REPLACE THE POTS! I didn't go CTS or anything crazy but I did replace the mini-pots that this comes with with some nice full-size pots. I don't remember what these came with but I decided to go with Dopro A250K pots from here on Amazon. This is a 6-string bass and the brightness of the high C string should come out. The 250K pots allow that. If you choose not to replace the stock pots, check them because 3 of the 4 on my bass were loose!- REPLACE THE JACK! I couldn't even get the supplied 1/4" cable into the jack on this guitar. I thought it was the cable until I tried the cable in another guitar and it was fine and my regular cable would also not fit. This is, in my opinion, inexcusable! This would render an electric guitar/bass unusable.- replace the strings. Not in all caps because while they aren't good strings, they're not horrible. I did replace them with some SIT custom lights which I think give the bass a nice feel and good tone. You won't get a deep resonant booming tone with light strings but I wanted to see how lights felt on a 6-string bass and I like it.- shield the cavity (pictured). If you're going to change the pots anyhow, I'd recommend shielding the cavity. I admit that I may have gone a bit overboard but between the shielding, re-wiring (fixed the grounding issue), and the new pots, I have a very nice sounding, very cheap, 6-string bass with no noticeable hum.Other thoughts:- I like that the neck isn't finished. It gives a more organic feel and I can feel the wood better as I play. Some necks are lacquered or coated which can cause the surface of the neck to become sticky while playing. The wood will become more discolored over time but I prefer the feel this way.- Comments about tone and tonewood. Again, there are a lot of arguments out there. I've built with maple, ash, okoume, basswood, etc. Some of these are better tonewoods than others, but for an electric guitar, the #1 influencer of tone is going to be the pickups. I may change out these pickups at some point but as of now I'm pleasantly surprised with how they sound through A250k pots and the light strings.What else might I do?- upgrade the bridge. The stock bridge seems to be solid but I may upgrade the bridge to a nice high-mass bridge from Gotoh or Hipshot.- upgrade the tuning machines. Again - these are pretty good. But I may replace them with a higher-quality set.- upgrade the pickups. These are quite good for what they are. Depending on how they stand up with the band (I don't expect this bass to be a daily driver, but I will play it with the guys) I may choose to upgrade them one day.All in all, if you want an inexpensive 6-string bass this is a great way to start. Even with the bad items above, had I only replaced the strings and the jack (which may have been an anomaly with mine) I would have a serviceable, very inexpensive, 6-string bass to enjoy.

I just received it, it’s gorgeous, light, and just beautiful!

I am honestly dumfounded. I've had multiple basses over the years from many different companies and have had vastly ranging experiences with them but I must say I have been pleasantly surprised by this instrument. It has a better setup than most basses I've had out of the box. Been playing for 16 years and this might be the best value I've come across. The luthier job to get a bass to this level of fret board polish and work would probably cost as much as this instrument did.I purchased this originally as a project instrument to pull the frets out and upgrade from the ground up but to tell the truth, I'm probably going to purchase a second one just to have because I'm that pleased with it.If I could rate higher than 5 stars I would. 12 out of 10 value for money in comparison to other options. The fretwork is phenomenal, running your fingers along the board you barely notice they're there. The neck is thin enough to be fast but thick enough to be sturdy. It's not like some other neck profiles that end up being more of a U. The nut is a little oversized for the instrument, which is an easy fix but I'm honestly not sure what it's made of. I've had cheap plastic nuts on basses before but this almost looks and feels like a graphtech style of material. The balance of the bass is body heavy, so it doesn't neck dive although the hard tail bridge is very light and I'm probably going to upgrade it. The pots feel smooth, need a little bit of tightening, no big deal there. The pickups are rock solid.Tldr; worth more than twice as much as it costs. Fantastic feel, surprising value. Recommended purchase. Also for some reason, I was sent a Glarry. Not complaining at all, it was one of my choices for conversion but it was twice the price of this one. I'm not giving it back 😁I noticed a question about the upgraded version and what makes it different from the cheaper one. The difference is the electronics, the upgraded has active electronics which means It has more signal going to an amplifier and also has extra knobs to add lows, mids and highs to the signal. The downside is it requires a 9volt battery that will die and need to be replaced periodically. The battery is required for most active instruments to work. Hopefully that answers that question!