The sound of this P+J is incredible, instant round vintage fatness. Beware however that EMG produced a faulty batch of these where the J pickup emits serious hum+buzz. This is not Thomann's fault. I had to get my set replaced twice before I got a working set. And that working set was sent to me directly from EMG. Both Thomann and EMG were helpful in resolving the issue, but I lost more than a month on bass downtime...