5 string newb (questions)

[Gorn]

I just picked this up from the classifieds
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It's the body of this:
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The Fender neck apparently has a fretboard radius of 9.5" (24.1 cm) and a nut width of 1.875" (47.6 mm)as opposed to the Squier neck radius of 12" (305 mm) and a nut width of 2.008" (51 mm).
I got in on a whim really as a foray in the the world of five string basses. I've tried the fully Squier version in GC and didn't like the fat neck very much. I've never tried the Fender, but is that neck significantly thinner (less wide)? Easier to play? What are the pros and cons of closer or farther string spacing on five strings? Also, it seems that the low b on any 34" 5 string is gonna be floppy, right? What strings would give me the highest tension? Pros and cons of floppy-ness?

 

[Wallace320]

But nothing more than that...
Ok if it's a foray into 5ers world (reliable electronic with a snappier fingerboard sound) otherwise you could have done better with, say, the MIM deluxe active Jazz body (alder with Noiseless pickups) and the Squier VMV all maple fingerboard

The Squier deluxe active is a quality basswood body, with a proficient attack, but only slightly resounding, with no room for "endless sustain", while the Fender MIM deluxe active V Pau Ferro fingerboard has more than a "B string floppiness": problem is that first frets tend to buzz due to a too high nut that affects especially the two lower strings (B and E) causin' a regrettable difficulty to fret correctly C-bD-D and F-bG-G

I didn't succed in fix it

Cheers,
Wallace