Overall: 9/10
This is the best bass I've ever played, and I try out every bass I can, which has been quite a few. It feels good, it's not neck or body heavy, and it sounds incredible. It's quite heavy so a wide strap helps. This is almost the perfect bass for me at the moment apart from the fact i wish it had a piezo pickup, which is why I gave it 9/10. There's always a better bass.
Factory set-up: 9/10
The set up when I got almost perfect when I got it. it needed a slight adjustment of the truss rod for the 'treble' side of the neck (not sure what the correct term is for the half of the neck with the D G and C string). The action is nice and low without any buzzing, and the intonation is fine.
Playability: 9.5/10
Finger style playing is soooo easy because of the tight string spacing, and narrow neck. However, the tight string spacing makes slapping a bit harder, but you get used to it over time. Also, there isn't much space between the neck pick up and the neck, also making slapping harder.
Electronics: 9/10
Active EQ - Bass, Mid, and Treble.
Volume control, pickup blend.
Yamaha pickups and EQ. Plenty of control, you can get a sound to suit anything. I'd personally prefer it to run off 18V instead of 9V for even more power.
Tone: 10/10
I love the tone. Wouldn't change it. In fact, you can get so many tones out of it, it's incredible You can o from soft, and warm, to a massive growl, to really snappy high end. If you play around enough you can get quite a hifi tone like Marcus Miller. I've found quite a few surprises with this bass actually. I never used to like a slap tone with lots of mid range, but now when I slap i like to crank the mid control on this bass, sounds gorgeous.
Hardware: 9/10
The bridge is solid brass, very sturdy, the machine heads are pretty sturdy. The tone controls are all plastic, but they'll last.
