Gosh, I switched to really putting the effort into playing the 5 string (over the 4) about 2 months ago and I dont have ANY of the problems you all have with thumb positions, where to rest the thumb, floating thumb..because I use a pick 100% of the time. I can home into any one of the 5 strings with laser guided precision with my right picking hand BUT, the big problem for me is the left hand. I just can't seem to land on the proper string/fret when wanting to used the D string. I got big finger tips, I'm not a heavy person but by golly, my fingertips look like they are from Fat Albert, so with the narrower string spacing (and just the mystique of 5 total strings there now) when I try to play on the D string I always push in some of the A string or G string. This is a problem. I wish I could find a 5 string that has the same wide string spacing as the Jackson JS2/JS3 models. I read on TB here that you must always remember the middle string is the A string and that helps but I still got problems. I went back to my Mel-Bay/Hanniford books reading notes and practicing..back to basics. Anyone have this type of problem?
