I play electric guitar and wanted to try the bass, so take this review as such.
Since I did not want the full bass experience (long scale and different fret distance, weight, size), this Micro bass is awesome. I can play without looking at the frets, since the scale is very similar to electric guitar.
I've noticed that nobody is mentioning this, but it is a bit neck heavy, although it won't dive all the way down. It will not stay on the same height on your body, where you leave it.
As far as sound is concerned, there are lots of options, but since it is my first bass I cannot comment on this (am using guitar amp, and for me it sounds great). The tone knob does change the sound significantly from min -> med, but then a little less, when it goes from med -> max.
I managed to lower string height quite a bit, but it's easy to play even out of the box.
I would definitely buy again.