I think I got a good one. What can we expect from a $80 acoustic bass. Packaging kind of sucked...no box around the guitar box. I was scared because I heard rattling...however! I inspected the neck, body, fret board, and plugs... all in good shape! Strings were flopping around, which I was happy about because I always take off the factory stuff. Oiled it up, tightened it up, straightened it out, filed the bridge saddle, nut and what not... the frets did not need filing, 9v was in its packaging super awesome, wrapped the interior wiring with electrical tape so it helps the ringing feedback, put on new strings, put on guitar strap... mine had a button on the front too!, tuned it. I have a Ampeg BA115V2 and good cables so this helps a bunch. For the money I am very pleased. Yes it has some cheapo decals/ pick guard, body is super thin, and the electronics aren't great but seriously doubt if you can find any electric acoustic bass at this price. If you want a really nice acoustic bass you will end up spending over 4 times as much as this one. I have Schecter, Ortega, Epiphone, Kona in that order of quality. Some solid body and some acoustic. This is not trying to be those. I gambled and won. Granted it probably sounds awful if you just take it out of the box and try to tune and play... spend some time setting it up.

After some tweaking with the bow warp, adding elixr strings and oiling the finger board this acoustic bass has made me really happy. I didn't want to spend $300, which seemed standard on other introduction-level acoustic bass models. After minor tinkering it feels custom, and I'm having fun playing it. I haven't tried using the built-in pickup, but my sd woody makes it sound just fine if I want to plug in. Keep in mind acoustic bass isn't terribly loud, but it does fine to practice without power. The blue finish is sweet!

First, I did not get the blue one that I ordered. Second the low E was not audiable when playing electricly. Now I have to try and sell it as a purely accoustic bass. Already replaced with a Taylor.

This is a nice bass, for the money. Plays. Holds intonation after the first few days of string stretchiness is taken out.
Took a little bit of a shave off of the bridge insert and the action is OK for my purposes. I am more of an $80 bass player than an $800 bass player. So, this one suits me fine for fiddling around and seeing if I like the bass in general.

I bought this to be able to practice without plugging in. For that purpose, the bass is great! I am not a pro player by any stretch, but it allows me to get my ideas out without going to my man cave. It does require tuning pretty much every time you use it, but for the price, not a big deal. I wouldn't buy this if you plan to actually play gigs with it, but for a beginner or hobbyist, this is great!