In this price range I did not expect quality control to fail on fret work. Frets are like knife, sharp (especially on edge sides of neck) and it looks like quality control did not do their job as expected. In one hand I’m dissapointed but in other hand the bass sound is massive and playability is great!
Little problems like “bad” paintjob (green strips on the back side) of bass body doesnt bother me that much as bad frets..
i will definetly took bass to repair shop to smooth the frets but, if you want to buy this bass, definetly you should consider buy this piece..
I conclusion - Not bad in general, but i’m sure that more expensive Sterling doesnt have this kind of problems.
- update - after 2 years of use all I can say i will change rating from 3,5 to 5.
Comfortable, easy to adjust, versatile and BIG sound ;)