G&L L-2500 String Spacing

[BFunk]

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?

[redrider]

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

[Cyborg]

MM SR5 should be 17.5mm.

[klokker]

Yeah, G&L is 17mm. perfect.

[mmbongo]

Originally Posted by klokker

Yeah, G&L is 17mm. perfect.

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

[markob]

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.

[lowfreqgeek]

Originally Posted by markob

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.

[markob]

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.

[bassomane]

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.

[lowfreqgeek]

Originally Posted by bassomane

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.

[bassomane]

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.

[Chirro]

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