With its unique coloration and grain pattern highlights, spalted maple is a great look for a bass that stands out from the crowd. The B-206SM is an affordable yet high quality 6-string bass that offers an ash body with a spalted maple top in Natural Satin finish, along with a thin U-shaped 5-piece maple/jatoba neck with rosewood fingerboard for excellent playing feel. You also get passive ESP Designed SB-6 pickups, along with an active ABQ-3 3-band eq, and good-looking black nickel hardware