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Color: Natural Satin
Size: 6-String
Style: Fretted
Features
- The B206SM NS has an Ash Body with Spalted Maple Top, 5 Piece Maple & Rosewood Neck with a Rosewood Fingerboard
- It has a Bolt-On Neck with a 35" Scale, 24 Extra Jumbo Frets and a Thin-U Neck Contour
- The Bridge is an LTD DB-606 and comes standard with LTD Tuners
- The Pickups are Passive ESP Designed SB-6 with an Active EQ
- The Controls are Vol/Bal/ABQ-3 3 Band EQ
Description
The ESP LTD B206SM 6 String Electric Bass Guitar is built for beautiful performance, looks, and tone. A Spalted Maple top on an Ash body provides optimal tone and a gorgeous look normally only found on much more expensive models. The combination of the body tone woods and 5 piece Maple/Rosewood neck with Rosewood fingerboard gives the ESP LTD B206SM six string bass outstanding resonance, clarity and warmth.
Brand: ESP GUITARS
Size: 6-String
Color: Natural Satin
Item dimensions L x W x H: 52 x 5 x 18 inches
Top Material Type: Maple
Back Material Type: Maple
String Material Type: Nickel
Finish Type: Satin Finish
Instrument: Electric Bass
Item Weight: 12 Pounds
Item Weight: 12 pounds
Product Dimensions: 52 x 5 x 18 inches
Item model number: LB206SMNS
Batteries: 1 9V batteries required.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: March 10, 2008
Back Material: Maple
Body Material: Ash
Color Name: Natural Satin
Connector Type: 6.35mm Jack
Fretboard Material: Maple
Guitar Pickup Configuration: H
Scale Length: 35" Scale
String Material: Nickel
Top Material: Maple
Neck Material Type: Maple
Number of Strings: 5
Guitar Bridge System: Adjustable
Size: 6-String
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Color: Natural
Size: 5-String
Style: Fretless
I've always enjoyed the warm, resonating sound of a fretless bass, but I've never been able to justify shelling out money for an instrument that might just end up collecting dust due to its limited applications. However, I already own several other LTD basses (F1550x, F205, and B204) and I love them all so I decided to take a chance on this one as my first fretless. It has quickly become one of my favorite instruments! The unique grain of the spalted maple makes this a gorgeous one-of-a-kind piece, and it plays as impressive as it looks. The lack of frets demand greater accuracy than a fretted bass would, but the neck feels thin and fast - it's very easy on the fingers and the construction is undoubtedly solid. The pickups (I prefer the one on the bridge) offer a full, beefy tone with lots of sustain and very little excess noise. This bass is indeed quite heavy, but it's well-balanced and sits comfortably on the shoulder if you have a decent/wide strap. Overall, I'm extremely satisfied with my purchase. The bridge needed some minor adjustments to correct the intonation before I could use it, but a luthier/tech can easily set it up for you (or do it yourself with a 1.5mm allen wrench - there are plenty of tutorials online.) One thing to note when buying new strings: you'll need to make sure you buy "super long" strings or they might not sit properly in the nut. I'm personally a fan of light-gauge D'Addario Nickel-Wound XL's on all my LTDs (which is conveniently what they come pre-strung with.) However, I've noticed after a few weeks of regular playing that the strings have left slight indentations/scratches on the fretboard of this bass. I replaced them with Chrome XL (flatwound) strings, which make it sound and play even better, and will prevent further fretboard damage. Hands down, flatwounds are the way to go for a fretless.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2019 by Neil R Neil R
Color: Natural
Size: 5-String
Style: Fretted
There’s good ice cream and bad ice cream, regardless of flavor, and the first thing you want to know is is this bad ice cream. No, this is good ice cream, although like most cheap instruments, it needs some set up work, in this case I even went in and cleaned up the neck joint a bit. The second thing you want to know in a review is what flavor is this? If a J bass is classic vanilla, and a P bass is chocolate, this ESP LTD B-205SM is vanilla soft serve. Vanilla because it doesn’t impart too much of its own character on the strings, and soft serve because it doesn’t have the thump and punch of a passive Fender, but instead is full and round and somewhat compressed sounding. A major competitor in active 5’s is the Yamaha TRBX305, which would be chocolate soft serve, having a lot more of the P bass character but not as much punch again. Which flavor is right for what you do? This bass might excel when you want a pure tone that is easy to manage, also a great platform for effects and amps that give their own character. Maybe the idea of a perfectly fine bass that lacks its own punch and character doesn’t appeal to you. I can’t answer that for you. Get them all? But it’s a beautiful instrument if you get one with nice spalting. I am amazed at how some people don’t know what spalting is and think the wood is rotted or something. Yes, but in a good way.
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Color: Natural
Size: 5-String
Style: Fretless
Bought more or less blind from Amazon, bc I needed a backup in a hurry. It's now been my main bass for seven years, and the only reason it's four-star is the battery access cover plate. It's a major PITA. The rest of the bass is excellent in every respect. Fix y'all's cover plate with a magnet or something.
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Color: Natural
Size: 5-String
Style: Fretted
I have played a Rickenbacker my whole life, which I love, but I wanted to try a 5 string. I purchased an Ibanez but was very disappointed with it and sent it back. I ordered the ESP and could not be happier. It looks and sounds great, and the craftsmanship is what I would expect to pay for a much more expensive bass. The only thing I need to do is replace the strings and it will be perfect. I highly recommend this beautiful bass for the beginner, or seasoned player. Nice work ESP!
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Color: Natural
Size: 5-String
Style: Fretted
I Brought this and it sucked. I sent it back and company claimed they didn't get it.
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2015 by TLD
Color: Natural
Size: 5-String
Style: Fretless
Always had a 4 string so the addition of the B string is awesome and who needs frets? It's great for slapping and plucking it's just going to take awhile to get used to the strings being closer together. This guitar will need to be set up. The neck and bridge both needed adjustment but that was 10 minutes max. If you don't know how to do it there are videos all over YouTube to show you how. I would definitely recommend this bass to anyone looking to move past a 4 string.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024 by T. Porter
Color: Natural
Size: 5-String
Style: Fretless
Nice looking bass plays well sounds good nice action my only complaint is that the case was not included as advertised other then that I’m satisfied with my purchase reaching out to seller to find out why the case was not with bass misleading says case included.
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2025 by John Gaither John Gaither
Color: Natural
Size: 5-String
Style: Fretted
I've owned two ESP B-205 models, one black that i bought used and this natural satin finish. The natural satin look is my favorite by far. The bass may need a little bit of set up out of the box to keep the lower frets from buzzing. Comes stung will good strings. But this thing is a beast. It's well made and heavy. It can definitely wear out your shoulder during a long live set. Just make sure to get a decently padded strap and you will get used to it. I've played this model with a metal band, a rock band and a jazz band. It's suitable to any style.
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