I had my eye on the MV-4JB Gotoh until I found out it was a heavy bass. I went for this model instead knowing that poplar was likely to be lighter. I was right, mine came at 3.9 kilos, not bad for a jazz bass.
The pictures on the website are misleading, this is a solid colour, it’s not metallic. It’s a plain faded pink, like a strawberry milkshake that has too much milk.
The bass has no paint imperfections, all the hardware looks well fitted, it has a good neck joint, pickups work, no dents, everything looks fine.
Out of the box it was well set up, they even took the time to set the pickup height correctly. I tightened the truss rod and lowered the saddles a little to lower the action to my preference, nothing major. The fret edges are not protruding, no issues there. The frets are pretty decent, no major buzzing.
The Roswell pickups sound ok but don’t have enough mids for my liking, like most budget pickups they lack character. Despite the Alnico 5 the pickups don't sound particularly vintage to me. Beware, despite the 62 in the name of this instrument the bridge pickup seems to be in the 70s position, this is not good or bad but I feel it shouldn't be advertised with the 62 as part of the name.
Overall for the price this bass is a great buy.
