ESP LTD B206 Natural Satin

I've been playing one of these since 2014 and it's still going strong.

Pros:
- Good Pickups. Nice full range and considering they're passive they're not too noisy.
- Good EQ. Good range on each of the 3 knobs for boost/cut. Would prefer to have Bass/Low Mid/High mid rather than Bass/Mid/treble but it does work nicely and you can get a nice range of tones out of it.
- Really nice neck profile. For me personally the 'U' profile of the neck is super comfy and lets me play the low B without issue. If it was a 'C' profile like fender basses it wouldn't be anywhere near as comfy.
-Tuning. Once the strings have settled into tune after a couple days they just stay there. I've had it where i've played a gig, packed away, left it a week and gone to play another gig and it's still in tune. The neck just stays put!

Cons:
- Battery connector. It was a cheap snap on connector which after about a year broke on me so i had to get it replaced.
- Weight. It is a little on the heavy side but it is a 6 string bass so it's gonna weigh more. It's not unbearable but definitely noticeable.

Overall it's still my go to bass for recording and live. 4.5/5

Weighty. Arrived with one knob absent- found it in the bag. Very high action - but every player to their taste. When action was adjusted to suit the tenth fret was high- creating buzz. There was a kink in the fretboard around that position- rectified by means of the double truss-rod. Once set up to suit it plays well and sounds pretty good through a Fender Rumble 500. Controls are firm and not over-sensitive or complicated. Six-string basses have a role to play- particularly for guitarist/bassists- but the top string is tuned to C . So- a good bass for the money and I'm keeping it along with my ESP LTD 5-string. Just one huge niggle- but not a fault of the bass. If you don't like round-wound strings then you're in deep trouble. The bass requires super-longs and Thomann sell just two variants of round-wounds. I had to search for a 6-set of super-long flats from America and eventually found some- at great expense. Good luck with that.