It's a really nice bass, but be very careful when you change the strings, my cousin and one of his friends have GSR series, and soemthing internal slips out of place and the strings drop down and lie against the frets until you have it professionally repaired. Moral of the story: be gentle when changing strings.
Other than that, it's a good bass, nice sound , and it look really good.
If you're looking for cheap equipment, you can build your own pedals from Radio Shack parts.
Two overdrives
http://fuzzcentral.tripod.com/schematics/OD850.gif
http://fuzzcentral.tripod.com/schematics/OD855.gif
Tube screamers
http://fuzzcentral.tripod.com/schematics/TS5.gif
http://fuzzcentral.tripod.com/schematics/TS9.gif
http://fuzzcentral.tripod.com/schematics/TS10.gif
http://fuzzcentral.tripod.com/schematics/TS808.gif
http://fuzzcentral.tripod.com/schematics/superts.gif
A particularly cool one: the "sing-wah" voice emulator
http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folder...h/sing-wah.htm