I really liked the look of the IB-6SL, and why not have more strings on a bass?
I'm building this at the same time as the 3/4 build with my son in another thread. I'm very happy with this kit, everything appears to be very solid, the neck fits quite snug and the spalted veneer should look good with some stain on it.
There is just a tiny scratch on the fingerboard across the highest few frets. It won't matter too much but I think I would like to smooth it out if I can, but I'm not quite sure what to use here, since I know that fingerboards are pretty fragile.
I'm also not sure what that small half ellipse piece of plastic is for, it doesn't appear to go anywhere on the kit.