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11-25-2012, 02:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Scotland | | | Love the 16mm spacing on my Burner, it instantly felt comfortable even though I'm used to Jazz Bass spacing.
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11-25-2012, 02:50 PM
|  | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Fargo, ND | | | 20mm. Found that spacing to be extremely comfortable when I was playing Warwick SSI 5's. So, I now have three Roscoe Century 3005's with 20mm spacing at the bridge.
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11-25-2012, 03:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | | I'll play any of those string spacings. I think I got my 1st 5er in '02 or so and had no idea that there were basses with different string spacings. Not sure what guitar string spacing is, but I can play those, too. |
11-25-2012, 03:14 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada | | | I have large hands. Playing anything under a 16mm is too close together for my taste.
My Spector Rebop has a 16.5mm and is quite comfortable.
My Fender P-5 has 18, but could be 17 or 16.5 if I took the time to change the threads the string sits in on the saddle.
Both basses present no noticeable difference to my hands.
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11-25-2012, 05:54 PM
|  | if you are the big tree, we are the small axe... | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CT | | | 19 or 18 no less
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11-25-2012, 05:58 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Zon Guitars | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: A tank of gas from Chicago | | | I pushed my Fodera a bit wider so its like 19+ and feels great to me. I do have rather large hands, but I played a Modulus Q6 with 17mm spacing for 10 years, so it's reasonably easy to adjust.
Preference is 19mm for sure. |
11-25-2012, 06:01 PM
| | | | I really like tight spacing. Like 15-16 mm. |
11-25-2012, 06:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Los Angeles | | | Nothing feels as good as 19mm does IMO. Same goes with guitars. I wish they all had classical necks. The odd part is I have small hands with short sausage fingers.
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11-25-2012, 06:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | 17.5mm spacing at the bridge, 45mm total width at the nut. Anything bigger than that and my hands cramp up. |
11-25-2012, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | 19 or 20 mm.
Could probably tolerate 18mm in small doses. Anything less is a deal breaker.
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11-25-2012, 06:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawnee, Kansas | | | 14 mm = love. |
11-25-2012, 09:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles | | | K, just curious - what basses have this 14 and 15 mm spacing some of you speak of? I had 16.5mm on a previous bass and I don't know that I've ever seen a bass with anything tighter than that.
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11-25-2012, 09:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Diego, Ca. | | | I seriously doubt it anything tighter than 17 or 16mm, probably just a guess on someones part. |
11-25-2012, 10:20 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Flower Mound, TX | | | two at 19mm, but neck width differs
I have a Line 6 Variax 705 with 19mm spacing at the bridge and the neck at the nut is 1.75 inches.
Also have a Squier Deluxe Jazz V with 19mm spacing at the bridge, but the neck at the nut is 2 inches.
I was surprised that both were 19mm at the bridge, the neck width really makes a difference in the feel.
I don't mind either one, but I am more used to the Variax simply because I have been playing it longer. I have very large hands and I like wider necks. However I almost never slap, pretty much just a finger player.
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11-26-2012, 12:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tallinn, Estonia, Europe | | 19mm all the way! 
PS! I wonder why everybody describe the scale in inches and the string spacing in mm???
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11-26-2012, 01:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Los Angeles | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Margus Alviste 19mm all the way!
PS! I wonder why everybody describe the scale in inches and the string spacing in mm??? | It's much more precise.
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11-26-2012, 01:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SBsoundguy It's much more precise. | Europeans!
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11-26-2012, 02:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Los Angeles | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Emibass Europeans! | Don't get too carried away. I still enjoy my imperial measurements.
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11-26-2012, 05:12 AM
|  | and it will work for you, too | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Michigan, you best own a coat! | | | On a 5- 17.5mm
I play a lot of guitar, anything bigger is a harder adjustment.
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11-26-2012, 05:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawnee, Kansas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Lackey K, just curious - what basses have this 14 and 15 mm spacing some of you speak of? I had 16.5mm on a previous bass and I don't know that I've ever seen a bass with anything tighter than that. | Ibanez Gerald Veasley model has a 14mm spacing. Don't know who else offers anything that tight.
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