Right...here are some details on my J & D 6 string bass but before i make long sentences on it here are the specs :
Construction : Bolt-on
Body : Solid Mahogany
Neck : H.Maple
FingerBoard : Rosewood
Frets : 24
Hardware : Gold (juz color)
Pickups : 6String JB Single Coil x 1, MA-6x 1 ( All Alnico5 Pickups)
Controls : Master Volume, Balancer, Bass, Treble
Finish : Stained oil
Electronics : Active
Well, what i can tell you that i bought this 6 stringer is that i bought it without thinking much, all because of John Myung of Dream Theater played it but mostly i fell in love with it. I actually have never played a 6 string bass before.My first bass was a 4 string and second bass(sold already) a 5 string, i learn playing 6 string after after buying it. It took me maybe 2 or 3 months of getting use of it. Ever since i bought the J&D bass it has become my regular bass for practice and gigs. What you see in all the pics this bass is still stock, no changes or upgrades yet, even the strings
are still same string when i first bought it.The first time i tried it i was pretty much impressed
by it especially the sound(fuuuhhhh... imagine playing on B string). What make it sound good was two reason... one is its "active" electronic and second the Humbucker pickup but there's a down side playing on "active" electronic bass or guitar,as the battery start to run low, it will sound sloppy and it would not deliver great tone.So...change the battery before you plan to play for gigs or competition.
As for the neck and the fret, it was difficult playing it for the first time because
of the wide fret spacing but after a while and lot practice my fingers started to become comfortable with it. For first timers, the standard 6 string bass tuning are B, E, A, D, G, C.
The controls are set as 2 volume and 2 tone knobs where one set of volume + tone controls the single coil bridge pickup and the other set controls the Humbucker bridge pickup.
So far my J&D 6 string bass has been great because its the only 6 string bass i've tried, i haven't tried other brands before, who knows others could be better. For those whom planing to buy one... is to try it first...i mean not like going to a guitar or music shop and try it for few minutes.... noooo... my advice, from a beginner to beginner, if you got a friend who has one borrow
it for a week(if your friend don't mind lahh), get the feel of it and see if its fits your taste or if worth converting to a 6 string but hey..... thats just my opinion/perception, the decision is yours.