I recently bought a Boden 8 with the Fishman Fluence pickups. I really like the guitar. It did not take long to get used to the neck. It does kind of force you more into a proper technique, especially the 8 string because the neck is huge. The guitar is super light and it is a little weird to pick it up the first time. For a 28" scale length instrument, the guitar is surprisingly small. I have had a lot of joy playing on this guitar, it is very easy to play once you get used to the neck. The guitar has a lot of tones between the 2 voicings and coil splitting. It sounds amazing.
I did have a minor issue with my guitar. Everything worked fine when I first got the guitar, but soon the neck pickup starting cutting out intermittently. I could push down on the face of the pickup and it would come back, but then go back out once I released pressure. I contacted Sweetwater and Strandberg about the issue. I really didn't want to have to ship the guitar back because I had already thrown away the box, I didn't want to have to go weeks without the guitar. Sweetwater and Strandberg both got in touch with me at the same time. I described the issue to both and Strandberg offered to simply ship out a new pickup. Fishman Fluence pickups are super easy to swap out. Two connectors and one solder joint. I'm happy to say that I swapped out the pickup and put on a new set of strings and we are back in business. I am very happy how well Sweetwater and Strandberg handled the issue and couldn't be happier.
I have heard that people have had trouble with some of the QC. I do have to say that this is the first guitar I bought from Sweetwater that had an issue. I don't know if they check out every instrument that they sell. It seems like they do photograph every instrument, so at minimum some kind of visual inspection has to take place. Anyway, it seems like if you don't like the guitar, you can always send it back. I'm not so sure about the multiscale on the 6s, but it is a big plus for the 7 and 8 string models. Overall, I would say go for it.