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Ok, I had three basses prior to this Squier: broken Swift P bass, Encore P Bass and 1975 Japanese copy of Fender P Bass: Joodee Performer Bass. All lacked something when you played slapping style. With all my attempts to adjust nothing helped: truss rod, fine tuning, nothing. Then I bought this. What a difference! I could repeat Flea slapping from YouTube right away, and though it sounded not exactly like him (well I just started playing this year), it was all right. The lows are low and the highs are high and not too harsh. I also put some foam rubber close to the bridge like Bobby Vega does. It helps with muting the sounds. Good to go until I save for Fender American Elite P Bass!
It plays well. It is enough to learn the notes on the fretboard. I put Fender Nylon Tapewounds 58s (0.58 - .110) on it and you can play without hurting your fingers almost forever. Of course maybe same strings would sound better on a 1000 dollar bass, but for 60 pounds (second hand) I thing it is a bargain.