Looking 4 a good Six string around 1k or so

Used Carvin LB76. Great basses. Fantastic necks. Can be had for around $600.

 

Get a used carvin with an ebony fingerboard and save yourself 4 or 5 hundred bucks.

 

Tune makes a fine six string bass

 

I think the MTD is a good choice, but you might also look for a used Peavey Cirrus. Neck-through-body construction, made in USA, great instruments for the price. Probably will set you back a little over a grand, but not much.

 

Look for a used Peavey TL-6. There were two in the classifieds a couple of weeks ago. IMO, this is one of the best playing and sounding 6ers ever made.

 

Or how about an Ibanez Soundgear 6 string? they make good models from the 506 to the prestige series

 

I agree with the Carvin suggestions. An LB76 or Icon 6 can easily be had used for under $1000 and are great basses. I got this beauty for $700.

 

I agree. This sounds closer to what you want. The SR506 I own is light with thin neck and lots of bottom. I also agree that another choice would be the Carvin.

Note that I love my SR506 and have played the BTB basses and tried to love them, but I just can't. They simply aren't the same as the soundgear and just don't do it for me. So try a SR506 also and see if the difference does it for you too.

 

I love both (own an SR706, saving for a bunny 6), but the string spacing on Carvins and Soundgears might be a little tight for the OP. Soundgears are 16.5mm, and for Carvin I've heard between 16 and 17mm. The Hipshot bridge that Carvin uses is adjustable from side to side tho.

 

The Used Forum here. I got my Pedulla six string T-Bolt on here for insanely cheap (as in under 500) as a project bass. After buying new pickups and paying to have a refinish on it, it was well under a grand.

 

I've got a BTB776 and the neck is reeeeeaaaally thin, but pretty wide. Mine weighs in at around 11 pounds though.

 

Both on BTB's and Carvins, it seems to me that the more recent instruments have thinner (front to back) necks. BTB necks are pretty wide (side to side).

 

Ibanez SR706. Game over :thumbup:

 

I agree with the Ibanez SR recommendations. They have a thin neck and fit your price point. Might try a used Yamaha RBX, too, of you can find one.

 

None that I know of. Like I said before, the bridge on Carvins is adjustable, so you may be able to get a few extra tenths-of-a-millimeter out of each string.