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Club Alleva Coppolo (Part 9)

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narud said:
now that i loathe 19mm spacing, im curious. what about it is the appeal. is it just the extra room when thumping or is it fingerstyle too?

im glad i like 17.5 because that new 2 band stingray 5 classic is looking fantastic.
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Fingerstyle also. It just feels like a nice, old 4 string that happens to have an extra string. Pure personal preference there, I just like the 'classic' distance between strings, and it makes popping the D string feel pretty much like popping the G string with that extra space.
 
#864
mothra2 said:
Ham hands! :hiding::hiding::hiding:
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:D You guys are wimps. I played a Fodera for years that I believe was 20mm at the bridge, and almost 2" at the nut. Now THAT was a bit of a handful.

I again just like the idea of a '4 string plus 1' versus a totally different feeling instrument, since I can go through an entire gig not playing the B string at all in some contexts.
 
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KJung said:
:D You guys are wimps. I played a Fodera for years that I believe was 20mm at the bridge, and almost 2" at the nut. Now THAT was a bit of a handful.

I again just like the idea of a '4 string plus 1' versus a totally different feeling instrument, since I can go through an entire gig not playing the B string at all in some contexts.
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im seriously considering putting hipshot a's on my old fenders because i dont like the wide spacing:hiding:
 
#868
narud said:
now that i loathe 19mm spacing, im curious. what about it is the appeal. is it just the extra room when thumping or is it fingerstyle too?

im glad i like 17.5 because that new 2 band stingray 5 classic is looking fantastic.
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For me it matters for fingerstyle as well. I have really big hands and I play much more clean both fingerstyle and slap on a bass with 19mm. Wider spacing gives me more room to vary my attack for when I really want to dig in and get the meat of my fingers on the string. The Fender I'm playing is 18mm, and I've owned a few Smiths which were also 18mm...I can play on those, but 19 is way more comfy for me. Anything 17.5 (like the Stingray 5's) is virtually unplayable for me. I can see the advantage of narrower spacing if you're playing fast lines and/or chords, but I basically just play quarter notes on the 1 and 3 so I can appreciate a little wiggle room.
 
#870
vision said:
For me it matters for fingerstyle as well. I have really big hands and I play much more clean both fingerstyle and slap on a bass with 19mm. Wider spacing gives me more room to vary my attack for when I really want to dig in and get the meat of my fingers on the string. The Fender I'm playing is 18mm, and I've owned a few Smiths which were also 18mm...I can play on those, but 19 is way more comfy for me. Anything 17.5 (like the Stingray 5's) is virtually unplayable for me. I can see the advantage of narrower spacing if you're playing fast lines and/or chords, but I basically just play quarter notes on the 1 and 3 so I can appreciate a little wiggle room.
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18mm Fenders???...
 
#880
Not the same,,,,,

Your thinking of the Root Beer Brown paint jobs...that was just paint.


I'm talking about the All walnut fenders IE all the wood is walnut. They were a part of the new and improved fender comeback.They wern't around in the 70's.


There's a P bass in the classifieds from that line.


Aj




narud said:
probably for good reason;) i remember around 10 years ago when walnut late 70's j's consistently brought in less money on the bay than just about any other color.
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