G&L L-2500 String Spacing
 

I just spoke to a G&L dealer in Massachusetts about the L-2500. He said the string spacing at the bridge is tighter than a Music Man StingRay 5. Is this true?

Don't know what the MM is but the G & L is 17mm.

MM SR5 should be 17.5mm.

Yeah, G&L is 17mm. perfect.

Dang that's tight. No wonder I couldn't play one.

Oooo that is tight. I sold a 90's Carvin B5 because of narrow spacing and I've been looking a '97 l2500 4&1 headstock. Would one from this era be that narrow? Dont know what the Carvin's spacing was but it was too narrow for me to play comfortably.

It's the same as the 3+2 era spacing.

I have both the L2500 and SR5 and mine feel very close. The 0.5mm is barely noticeable. I also have a Fender Jazz V at 18.25mm, two 5's at 19mm, and one 6 at 19mm. And, of course, several 4's...

I have no problem playing any, but the G&L is certainly narrow. The Carvin B5 was right about 17mm, too.

Oooo that is tight. I sold a 90's Carvin B5 because of narrow spacing and I've been looking at a '97 l2500 4&1 headstock. Would one from this era be that narrow? Dont know what the Carvin's spacing was but it was too narrow for me to play comfortably.

The stringspacing is 17,5 mm on both basses, but the fretboard radius and neck thickness is different. The G&L 2500 feels bigger for me. I like both, but the Stingray 5 is my main gigging bass.

The center of the G saddle to the center of the B saddle measures 68mm on both of the L2500s I've owned.

68/4 = 17

The radius of the SR5 is 11", radius of the L2500 is 12". Nuts are both 1.75" (~44mm). My L2500's heel is actually 1/16" (~1.5mm) narrower than my SR5's.

Oddly enough, my fretless L2500 has a VERY thin neck. Like Geddy Lee Jazz Bass thin. My fretless SR5 feels bigger, but it's VERY comfy, too. I also had a fretted L2500 and SR5 and the opposite was true on the neck thickness. Sold both of those, but I use both fretlesses now.

I looked at the musicman homepage and found the official specs for stringspacing for the stingray 5. It is 11/16 (17,46 mm).

http://www.music-man.com/faq/music-m...an-basses.html

This is a very interesting comparison, based on the fact that the main facts are about the same, but the feel is vastly different.
Only reduced to the feel, I would say, the Stingray 5 neck feels more like a Jazz Bass neck and the L-2500 neck more like a P-Bass neck.

Stingray 5 is 17.5 mm. G&L Tribute L2500 is 17 mm.