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Anybody slapping with 16.5mm spacing?
- Thread starter Oddacious
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uhm, ever heard of broadnecks? those are Wicks 5/6 strings, but with 20mm string spacing.
Of course, with the exception of the Broadnecks but again those are rare compared to the bulk of the Warwick‘s and not all Warwick body styles come in a Broadneck. You actually have to seek out a Broadneck if that’s truly what you desire since the normal spacing at 16.5 to 17. I’ve owned 20+ Warwick‘s and never a Broadneck. And your Corvette $$ in your profile photo is not a Broadneck either.
I have found that I can get comfortable on narrow spaced basses that have fatter neck profiles like Music Man, Warwick, and Spector. I don’t care for those pencil neck, Ibanez Soundgear five strings.
I can barely play anything less than 18mm and prefer 20mm. You 16.5 mm guys must have tiny hands lol.
I think one factor is I also play guitar, so I’m used to strings being narrower to begin with. So the narrow spacing is more comfortable probably mostly due to that.
it's not, it's a four-stringed one (and 19mm is standard for Wick fours anyway).
I owned a fiver Corvette and own a Thumb with standard narrow spacing, and, as stated before, I really prefer narrow spacing, so I actually like it.
There are more and more guitar players utilizing slap and double-thumb these days. If they can do it with guitar spacing, any bass should be fine.
Yeah that’s right, I remember my Thumb 4 had wider spacing. That’s one of the reasons I no longer have it, I think
i have a 16.5mm 6 string and several 16mm 6 strings (carvin or kiesels)
slap with no fear.
back in the day i used to quite a bit of slapping, vic stuff, all the madness. on 16mm spacing basses. not an issue at all, i'm often surprised that some people find it weird.
then again, some folks can't play on 16mm spacing at all, so it is definitely personal.
slap with no fear.
back in the day i used to quite a bit of slapping, vic stuff, all the madness. on 16mm spacing basses. not an issue at all, i'm often surprised that some people find it weird.
then again, some folks can't play on 16mm spacing at all, so it is definitely personal.
Hey, thank you all for you input and insight. I went and spent some time at a local guitar center during lunch. played a jackson spectra x series and a schecter C-4 bass. The smaller spacing, was well, easier for me. Not cleaner, but easier. Action was ridiculously high as is for most guitars and basses not setup. I played a few basses there. I switched to a stingray, and it was familiar to play, but way too big on the bridge. I noticed consistently that these newer ones(jacksons) have some neck shrinkage, and the frets are sticking out a little. I believe i'm game for 16-17mm.
