I've grown to appreciate Fender's guitars

Good clean Fender sound as expected.

It isn't as nice as a Mexican made Fender, and it certainly can't compete with a USA Fender, but for one of the cheapest Squire models, it kills.

This is a wonderful student bass which I like playing a lot more than the full sized basses, so we switched out the pickup for a really nice Fender P-bass pickup and now it sounds just like a pro!