Marcus Miller V7 Alder-5 LPB 2nd Gen

Pros: 2-day shipping from Germany to USA. Bass arrived on time, well packaged and undamaged. Hardware is of a high quality, Bridge seems solid with big, chunky saddles. Pickups sound great in passive and active modes - tons of sustain. Fit and finish is very good, with one exception noted below.
Cons: Fret ends were not good on the entire neck with burrs on almost every fret. A quick application of a sanding sponge took care of that, but should have been addressed in quality control. While the wood battery compartment cover is an improvement over the 1st gen cover, it would have been nice to have some kind of quick release for the cover, rather than having to remove four screws to access the batteries. Weight - this thing weighs a ton. you will definitely want a nice wide, padded strap if you are going to be playing standing up for extended periods of time. Fortunately, at my age (71) I'm sitting more than standing when I play.

All things considered, this is an excellent bass for the money. The negatives are minor and easily fixable.

I haven't played bass for a long time.
The last bass I had was a Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe 5 Strings.
After I read the reviews for this tool, I decided to buy it.
I was right! The sound is very pleasing! For this price,
you can hardly find an instrument that will sound close to Fender.
Very convenient tone control! The live color looks much richer than in the photo.
He is so beautiful that you want to touch him more and more!
The only thing I had to do was configure it completely.
When I tuned the strings, I noticed that the distance between the strings
and the neck was too high. But by tuning the truss,
I got a comfortable string height for myself.
The best part is a pickup screen.
But I didn’t put it on, because you have to make holes in the deck,
and I was afraid of something. In general, I am very, very pleased with the tool!