Like Rek said so much depends on the individual piece of wood that's been used. With cheap guitars they save money by using a lower quality wood. That said there will be some quality pieces of wood included. It's a crap shoot.

I had to put down a bass part and didn't have a bass anymore having sold my P-bass. I saw a Rogue P-style pick-up bass and figured I probably could get a decent sound out of it. It was supposed to be a one shot deal.

Well it didn't sound like a P-bass at all (big suprise---not). Instead it sounded like a really cool blend of the P-bass and the old Danelectro bass. A kind of ballsier Chess records sound (if that makes any sense)