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Title: String Spacing Options?
Post by: echo008 on July 01, 2006, 03:45:44 PM

Hi,
What is the difference between the Standard narrow spacing and the Wide spacing option? Is wide spacing standard J bass spacing (which i think is 19mm)
 - Tom

Title: String Spacing Options?
Post by: adriaan on July 02, 2006, 05:39:39 AM

Wide is 19mm at the bridge. Narrow is 17mm, and I think classic is 17mm at both the bridge and the nut. You can specify the spacing when you order - on neck-throughs I think it's a free option.

Title: String Spacing Options?
Post by: echo008 on July 02, 2006, 07:26:52 AM

Gotcha. Thanks
The Essence I bought has the Wide option, I just wanted to confirm 19mm at the bridge
 - Tom

Title: String Spacing Options?
Post by: flaxattack on July 09, 2006, 09:39:24 AM

alembic will pretty much tailor the neck to your liking
if you tell them the spacing,scale and the nut width
mica can give you the details
 
i did this on my direwolf which is 1.75 nut- 32 scale and .500 speacing- my width at the bridge is just shy of 2.5 inches

Title: String Spacing Options?
Post by: flaxattack on July 09, 2006, 09:40:00 AM

alembic will pretty much tailor the neck to your liking
if you tell them the spacing,scale and the nut width
mica can give you the details
 
i did this on my direwolf which is 1.75 nut- 32 scale and .500 speacing- my width at the 24th fret is just shy of 2.5 inches

Title: String Spacing Options?
Post by: echo008 on July 09, 2006, 10:29:37 AM

I like the wide option, its not really wide but more like a standard spacing (think J bass), still very comfortable, no stetching.
with that said...
If I were to order one today though I believe i would still go with there narrow spacing and a smaller scale length (32in)  
The Brown Bass I had ... I really liked the string spacing but was not too fond of the 30 inch scale.
 - Tom

Title: String Spacing Options?
Post by: lbpesq on July 09, 2006, 10:30:29 AM

I can confirm Flax's post that Alembic will do what you want.  My favorite neck is on my '61 Strat, so I brought it up to Santa Rosa and they copied it for my in progress custom Further  (maybe that should be the name of the guitar: In Progress)  LOL
 
Bill, tgo