LTD B-50, 24 frets, 2 active ESP pickups
got it for... 119, official "bad" price here is 265, you can often find it at around 225, lowest 190, lowest used price I found was 150 (old). I found it in a Cash Converter, among a lot of crap guitars there were this beauty and a musicman silhouette for 900, which I think is also a good price.
in USA i read it's around $219, which means it's like buying it under $100. In cash converters, employees know nothing about music and therefore sometimes you see good prices !
At first I thought it was a bit strange, it should have deserved 30 more. I asked if I could test it, what I did, and it was perfectly ok. Now at home I find it really cool for the price, really better playing that the Squier jazzbass-like I bought 3 years ago before I sold it. This one can be played fast even by a guitarist (with picks), is not too heavy, and gives good low rock tones. It's active pickup fuzz a little when knobs are at 10 but if you manage your tone you have a decent one, decent enough for a recording process. I guess it would be decent for live too, for metal or raw rock only because otherwise it's not the good choice.
I think it is the best improvement of your gear when you want to produce your own music. I have 2 1000 guitars (ESP and Dean) that are great, I have a DAW, good plugs... But I still was struggling to find decent midi bass vst tones. I was stupid, I just had to check a cash converter before buying food to find the good thing for not so much !
