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11-25-2012, 07:35 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: In the armpit of the snow belt | | | 16.5 to 17.5 on my 6xers!!!!
54mm at nut
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11-25-2012, 07:36 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Martin Keith Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Long Island, NY | | | 19mm for me, even though I'm not much of a slapper. I probably would be comfortable down to 18mm.
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11-25-2012, 07:38 AM
| | | | Give me 19mm and I'm a happy man. 18mm isn't bad, just not my preference. |
11-25-2012, 07:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sweden | | | 19 mm! Period. Feels like home...
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11-25-2012, 07:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Annapolis, Maryland | | | 18.3mm on a Roscoe feels really nice and 19mm on a Sadowsky feels really nice. But anything tighter than 18mm is just too cramped for me. |
11-25-2012, 07:57 AM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | | Some folks want a 5 string that "feels like their 4 string."
That's me.
Some folks want things a little narrower, because a 5 string with 4 string psacing feels to wide.
Which is fine; it's nice to have choices.
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11-25-2012, 11:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chef  While it's not 'cramp city' for me, I certainly much prefer 19, or 18.
This is one reason I don't own a G&L or Music Man. | My G&L is 18mm at bridge 
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11-25-2012, 11:28 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Fender Basses, Ampeg, Curt Mangan Strings | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shore, Massachusetts | | | 19mm
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11-25-2012, 11:57 AM
|  | Hip No Ties | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY | | I own Carvin LBs & Icons, which I believe are spaced @ 18mm; and I own Carvin Brombergs + a Carvin SB5000, which I believe are spaced @ 19mm.
Of the two spacings, I prefer the narrower 18mm, which I find to be noticeably more comfortable for the predominantly fingerstyle playing that I use. However, I've been pleasantly surprised to discover that I can get around just fine on the wider necks as well.
I do think that wider spacing "encourages" more aggressive playing techniques (i.e. slapping, etc.), simply because playing on a wider neck requires a more physical technique. For me at least... 
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I've seen guys with hands nearly the size of baseball gloves who were about as musically adept as an enraged gorilla. Thus isn't a sporting competition. It's supposed to be an art form.  )
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11-25-2012, 12:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: metro detroit-Taylor | | | Hello fellas
I presently have a Dillion Geddy Lee copy in sunburts...as a 5 string...
It is gorgeous....ash body.... maple neck....
Dillion makes some very nice basses...
but the string spacing is.....15.875
but you know i have gotten use to it...
but slapping is a pain in the a** |
11-25-2012, 12:08 PM
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President, Baer Amplification | | | | | I play a lot with a pick and prefer 18mm - 18.5mm. 19 always feels a bit too wide for me and I have huge hands. |
11-25-2012, 12:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Logan,W.V.(not up some holler) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mikezimmerman 19mm, or better yet 20mm... |
20mm is ideal for me. Very, very few builders have utilized this spacing on their builds. As to why they don't, I have no idea. As for Greg Curbow and his builds? He nailed it. |
11-25-2012, 12:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles | | | 19mm is ideal, but my BB 5er has 18mm spacing and it doesn't really matter, although I do find myself playing closer to the bridge. However, had a Carvin 6 string with 16.5 spacing and just CAN'T do that, I learned how to play with it but its not best for comfort. Course I'm 6'5" too..
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11-25-2012, 12:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | I just love 18MM spacing.
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11-25-2012, 12:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | I think that neck profile matters almost as much as string spacing. A tiny Ibanez neck with 16.5mm spacing are really uncomfortable for me, but a chunky Warwick or Spector with tight spacing is alright for me although I still like wide spacing with a thin neck profile most of all. Overall, 19mm is my favorite, but my Peavey TL-5 or a Fender with 18mm spacing feels like home.
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11-25-2012, 12:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada | | | I have 19mm, 18mm and 17.5mm. I've been playing the 19mm mostly lately, but my favourite would be 18mm, which I think is a good middle ground. Maybe 18.3mm, but I have never tried one with that spacing.
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11-25-2012, 01:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Australia | | | Don't have a preference. To me, other factors affect playability more than string spacing.
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11-25-2012, 01:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kelowna, BC | | | I found switching between the 19mm on my 4 string to 18mm on my 5'er was causing me some issues. I sold the 4 string and switched full time to my 5'ers and its 18mm for both my Dingwall Combustion and Yamaha TRB5II.
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11-25-2012, 01:33 PM
|  | Yeah, I've been registered here awhile... ;-D | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ashland, MO | | | 19 mm.
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11-25-2012, 01:43 PM
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AFM International Representative | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Boulder Creek, CA | | | I have a F Bass BN5 and am feeling it is too wide for me. I just sold an Alembic Orion Six for the same reason and bought an Ibanez GVB36 six-string with 14 mm spacing and am loving it. I never thought that I would like tighter spacing this much. It actually feels quite natural for me.
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