A Smith for Life!

[Peter McCulloch]

It would appear to be 18mm, though truthfully since I've played so many basses I eventually get used to just about any string spacing or neck size, from a pencil neck Hofner to '57 P I can adapt even if it's not my preference. Can you really feel a 1mm difference? I will say that it feels very comfortable to me and not at all cramped. Everything about the neck is so comfortable for me. I'm used to being a tense kind of player, especially in my fretting hand when I'm trying to do difficult passages, but I'm so relaxed with this bass and my motion is just so fluid and at ease. Pure bliss.

[Ken Smith]

Read the specs at the bottom of the page..

[Peter McCulloch]

19mm? Well I used a metric ruler, but truth be told I only measured from the edge of 1 string to another and those little lines are very difficult to see.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Peter McCulloch

19mm? Well I used a metric ruler, but truth be told I only measured from the edge of 1 string to another and those little lines are very difficult to see.

The measurement is taken as always from center to center of the notch of the string or the diameter of the string itself, not between the strings. The distance between strings will diminish as you measure between the thicker strings but the center-to-center measurements stay the same of cut evenly.

[Peter McCulloch]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

The measurement is taken as always from center to center of the notch of the string or the diameter of the string itself, not between the strings. The distance between strings will diminish as you measure between the thicker strings but the center-to-center measurements stay the same of cut evenly.

Thanks for this info, Ken. Good to know.

[Lou Laurenti]

Originally Posted by Peter McCulloch

It would appear to be 18mm, though truthfully since I've played so many basses I eventually get used to just about any string spacing or neck size, from a pencil neck Hofner to '57 P I can adapt even if it's not my preference. Can you really feel a 1mm difference? I will say that it feels very comfortable to me and not at all cramped. Everything about the neck is so comfortable for me. I'm used to being a tense kind of player, especially in my fretting hand when I'm trying to do difficult passages, but I'm so relaxed with this bass and my motion is just so fluid and at ease. Pure bliss.

Thank you very much. Im just educating myself with all of you Smith players and of ocourse getting advise from the Master Ken Smith. Its a learing experance.

thanks to all
Lou

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Lou Laurenti

Thank you very much. Im just educating myself with all of you Smith players and of ocourse getting advise from the Master Ken Smith. Its a learing experance.

thanks to all
Lou

The 4-string spacing is actually 19mm, not 18 as was mis-measured in Peter's previous post.