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11-26-2012, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by DiabolicLow B  18mm is perfect. |
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(Can play others but that feels just right).
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11-26-2012, 06:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. | | | I'm used to EBMM 17.5.
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11-26-2012, 07:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: just west of hell | | 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. | My 2 Ibanez 5 strings are spaced 15mm, IIRC. Roadstar II 855.
I learned to slap on this bass with no problem, also great for chording.
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11-26-2012, 08:01 AM
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Luthier: Rickett Customs | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Grateful 19mm - preferred.
18mm - tolerable
anything below 18mm - Just can't do it. Cramp city. |
Funny, I tend to find that I'm more prone to cramping on 19mm or above, unless you were referring to cramped strings and not cramped hands......
Last edited by Rickett Customs : 11-26-2012 at 08:38 AM.
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11-26-2012, 08:04 AM
| | | | I have fat sausage fingers, so I prefer wider spacing. I like 19mm on 4 and 5 strings, and 18mm on 6.
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11-26-2012, 08:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Somewhere in the maritimes. | | | 18 is as wide as i would go... just a bit over 17 is great.
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11-27-2012, 07:21 AM
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11-27-2012, 07:25 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Takoma Park, MD (DC) | | | 19mm = papa bear = too wide
17mm = mama bear = too narrow
18mm = Goldilocks = just right |
11-27-2012, 07:31 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sacramento area | | | Another here for EBMM Stringray 5 (17mm?). Had two Warwick's and Lakland but the SR5 is most comfortable for me. |
11-27-2012, 10:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Indonesia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Nazium 19mm = papa bear = too wide
17mm = mama bear = too narrow
18mm = Goldilocks = just right | Yup!  |
11-27-2012, 11:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain | | | Though I like the idea of 19mm but 18mm seemas just right for me.
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11-27-2012, 07:29 PM
| | | | 19 is my fav. I've enjoyed tighter spacing but always come back to the 19. i like fender 4 string spacing. |
11-27-2012, 07:33 PM
|  | Fretless Player | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Champaign, IL | | | I have rather average sized hands, that said, 16.5mm for me.
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11-27-2012, 08:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Orangevale, CA 95662 | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Musicman20 I'm used to EBMM 17.5. | Same here.
I had my Warmoth Deluxe5 fretless built for the Hipshot-A with 17.5mm spacing.
This required custom wound Nordstrand NP5 + BigSplit which are normally 19mm ctc. |
11-27-2012, 09:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Diego, Ca. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bgavin Same here.
I had my Warmoth Deluxe5 fretless built for the Hipshot-A with 17.5mm spacing.
This required custom wound Nordstrand NP5 + BigSplit which are normally 19mm ctc. | Yeah Warmoth can pre-drill for a 17.5mm Hipshot, and a 19mm Hipshot....but not a 18mm Hipshot. 18mm is perfect for the Warmoth Deluxe V. Oh well. |
11-27-2012, 09:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: arlington va | | | I have no idea and don't much care. In my experience the playability of the neck has to do with the way a bunch of factors--radius, fret size, neck width, neck depth, string spacing-- come together. My current five string bass is a dingwall afterburner, I have no idea what the spacing is. I like it a lot and have been playing it for five years now.
Really, if it sounds good and feels comfortable I don't care what the string spacing is. The playability of a bass comes from the way all the different elements combine, not from any single factor. Thats been my experience.
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11-27-2012, 10:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Diego, Ca. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PB+J The playability of a bass comes from the way all the different elements combine, not from any single factor. Thats been my experience. | Well stated and I hope people learn more about their tools to the extent that they want to. Better control over something starts with a better understanding of it, and it will lead someone being able to take more responsibility for their tools as well which can't be a bad thing.
The reason for the thread isn't to establish WHY a person should like or dislike based on string spacing alone. I play a Sadowsky which has 19mm but 18mm is my favorite spacing. I started the thread mainly because of the fact that I build basses mainly for a hobby, and I like to get other peoples viewpoint and preferences. And, I have a hope that Talkbass, as a community, will one day drive manufacturers and builders in directions that better suit the target public, bass players in general. And, I think we are already doing that. |
11-28-2012, 01:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug Parent Well stated and I hope people learn more about their tools to the extent that they want to. Better control over something starts with a better understanding of it, and it will lead someone being able to take more responsibility for their tools as well which can't be a bad thing.
The reason for the thread isn't to establish WHY a person should like or dislike based on string spacing alone. I play a Sadowsky which has 19mm but 18mm is my favorite spacing. I started the thread mainly because of the fact that I build basses mainly for a hobby, and I like to get other peoples viewpoint and preferences. And, I have a hope that Talkbass, as a community, will one day drive manufacturers and builders in directions that better suit the target public, bass players in general. And, I think we are already doing that. | well said. There are bridges that can adjust string spacing but they adjust little. So an adjustable bridge that can go from 16.5mm to 19mm would be great and I´m sure many players will apreciate it.
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11-28-2012, 05:34 AM
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Modulus, Revsound, & A-Designs Artist | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Boston Mass | | | When I think of string spacing the main benefits or hindrances to me are primary to my right hand. I don't notice issues with the spacing as much with the left hand (neck hand), sorry to derail...
Interesting topic Doug...
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11-28-2012, 05:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: arlington va | | | I actually think threads like this do more harm than good. People go out an insist "i like 18 mm spacing" or "I like 19 mm spacing" and it's not the spacing per se that really matters, i'ts the overall feel of the neck. Besides the factors mentioned before, the depth of the neck carve, the radius, the fret size, there's also the ratio of the width of the nut to the spacing at the bridge. That's as important or more important than simple string spacing. But if I'm a bass maker I've now got to be constrained by some kind of arbitrary number, and the number may actually make my bass less playable, but everybody on talk bass demands, say, 18mm as the "optimum."
I've been playing bass a LONG time and have owned a LOT of basses, and I don't really find that I prefer one single thing. I like it to sound good and feel comfortable. I don't really say "wow this bass plays great, if only the string spacing was 18 mm instead of 19," or "if only it had small frets."
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