yep, I bought one of these and it's very nearly as good as my MIA P, just one word of warning, I bought mine new and the set up was awful, basically it hadn't had one, so if you can't do your own, that may need factoring in as well, don't know what other cheap basses are like.
But if you're right handed there's loads of second hand stuff out there and if you decide it's not for you, you won't lose much money on it