They're very nice basses. The pickups sound great -- kind of similar to a '51 style precision bass single coil, so with 2 it was kind of like a jazz bass on steroids. Mine had a very comfy shortscale neck with nice fretwork. Only complaint was that the solid black poly on mine just made it feel and look like plastic to me and probably why I ultimately let it go. The red transparent looks nice though! I would say $500 would probably be a fair used market price. If it was local to me for less, I would be very tempted.