Arnie - does Ome have a website?

Because of this thread, I went down to my local Mars music store, here in Dallas and spent an hour with a pretty, brand new Deering six string they have on sale there (for about a grand). It has been weel built. Nice neck (though a bit thin), great tuners, the hardware appears to have been beefed up for the additional pressure of the six heavier strings.

The sound is only OK. If you play a 5 string, you will be disappointed by it's lack of clarity and short resonance. It does have a quality of its own, but it is not the bright, driving ring of its 5 string cousin. I would say the sound is more like the old open back banjos.

I must say I prefer the 5 string. Even for a guitar player, a 5 string's not so hard to learn!