The sound is great, I feel very comfortable in playing it and it has a very nice bass sound. The bass is not noisy at all, and I use the bass on both Peavey and Ampeg amps and it sounds great. It has a rich warm sound, very nice also when you play with a pick. The bass is very well finished. Has a nice sunburst painting, nothing negative about that.
Pickups are also very tight and good placed.
The packaging of the Tobias was VERY good, so with the transport it couldnt get damaged. I mean its not a neck-thru bass. I would certainly use it on gigs without any backups, but I always play different basses, and have always basses for backup. I had a problem with UPS delivering my bass to me. I Need to Get Control.