I purchased this Hondo Alien headless bass used several years ago and have literally only used it a couple of times for recording some of my own original songs. It has typical signs of use. Apparently, these bass guitars are getting to be harder to find and so it's bit of a collectible. I don't even see any of these for sale on e b a y and so there mustn't be a lot of them around The only one I could find for sale online was asking $375. cdn and so it seems that 295 is a pretty reasonable price. Unfortunately, I don't have an amp any more and so in order to try it out, you'd have to bring over a practice amp and cord. The case is included.