I love mine, bought it a few weeks ago and she's the veteran of 3 gigs so far - all jazz/swing gigs. Put a Hipshot Supertone on it as soon as I got it and finished with a set of my usual La Bella 760FS flats (45-105). I love the 50 setting on the Varitone with the tone control rolled off, just a beautiful plummy tone. I suspect the 500 setting might work better for pop and rock gigs as it seems to have a bit more poke. The neck feels great too. All in all, a wonderful bass for the money.