Basses with tightest string spacings?

Wishnevsky! Plus the strings don't fan from nut to bridge (at least on the one I had).

 

I have one of those teardrop-shaped ones; I've heard it called a 'Bill Wyman' model- who knows. 30" scale & tight like a mandolin. I can't believe I used to play punk rock on it...

 

Steinberger XL-2 5-string narrow model. Imagine five strings on the same body bass as your XL-2, 'cause that's what it is.

 

Ibanez SR 5 stringers are damn close!

 

Do you actually prefer basses with tighter string spacing or do you just want to know which basses have tighter string spacing?

FWIW, most warwicks, SR5's.

 

The dude from Manowar has a reeeeeaaaaaaly close string spacing on his 4'er, but i dunno what bass this is, I think it's a ric...

 

Manowar are quite possibly the WORST band in the history of music.

 

I have a Peavey Fury six string, which is also available as a four. VERY tight string spacing, all the way down the neck.

 

My Warwick 5 Corvette has some rather tight spacing.

 

Surely, the Bass VI wins the contest for narrow spacing.
I remember the old Peavey TL-5 and TL-6 having very close spacing. As a general rule, a four string bass is going to have wider spacing at the bridge than a five or six-string. For instance, it is customary for builders to use 19mm for their 4-string and 17mm or less for 5- and 6-strings.

My Hofner is the most narrow-spaced bass I've ever owned. You're right bassteban, some of the Vox basses can be very, very narrow as well. My jazz bass is really narrow at the nut but the spacing is normal at the bridge. I used to have two Alembics and both of them had annoyingly narrow spacing. I also had some Warwick Streamers, a Stage 1 and a Stage 2. Of the two, I liked the S2 better but it was just too narrow for me to use as my main instrument.

Regardless of how many strings the bass has, I like to have at least 17mm at the bridge. My main bass is a 6-string and it has 19mm spacing. That makes for a pretty wide neck but I don't mind. I like to be able to 'git in there'.

 

Les Claypools CT 6 string fretted?

 

Aria SB-1000 is supposed to be infamous for tight string spacing.

 

My Peavey Palaedium. Lots of Ibanez Soundgears.

 

Jean Baudin's basses have 15mm spacing at the bridge. That's tight!

 

Geddy Lee Jazz

 

Um, no it doesn't.

 

By the nut it does I mean. Pretty narrow neck!