LukeFRC

My J bass is 36mm nut, the 5 string has a 46mm nut. Previously I’ve played 44mm P basses so the top of the neck doesn’t feel offensively wide. my uneducated view is that I have found that if you focus on using a Good left hand technique, thumb in the centre of the back of the neck and not having anything strained you should be ok. I also use a variation of sliding thumb, there is a muting learning curve still

I think I'm lucky in that my 5 string has about the same string spacing at the nut and bridge as a 4 string, so feel wise it's ok, so the only times I get really messed up is when I over think not thinking about it. I think I've probably started thinking about the lines I know how to play loads based on the G string down, rather than the E string up.

Update from me. this week I tried to learn a new song. It took me a while as I’m so out of practice. oddly I found it as easy to practice it on the 5 string as the four. (The Odd low C instead of F excepted) i don’t know if I’m a “5 string player” yet, I can now move interchangeably from one to other, i will play across the strings a bit more on the 5. Lockdown and staying at home with no playing means I’ve practiced on it more and not had the “arghhh fingers strings WTF” moments mid song that would have put me off. I guess I’m now adequately mediocre on both four and five strings. If anything it’s how this particular instrument sounds that I like, it’s so fat and loud sounding.

I’ve had one a year and a half. Jury is still out but it’s growing on me

and @Booga13 - you should defiantly buy it!

it's a BB1200 - an early 1977 one. I had one and it just had Ymaha and no model number on the headstock

is the Yamaha DT250 a bike?

My life is far too short to get into pedals. Its like one of those games they play at Games Workshop - looks like it would be fun but it's going to take over your life

I’m not sure about that - but I think there’s probably a link between blokes of a certain age and certain bracket of disposable income getting into things in a certain way - could be fishing rods, hifi, golf clubs, road bikes or basses. Then the marketing is good enough for enough of us to buy into the upsell...

SVL?

to be fair half of that statement is a relatively new!

I made the money saving realisation a while back that the 'I want a new bass' feeling often coincided with my strings getting old. new strings are cheaper than a new bass!

like this? https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/P-style-pickups-by-rockylaber/16251208.G22WK was your search showing you lots of juvenile dogs by any chance?

oh wow https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/I-Love-My-Yammy-Yam-I-Love-Miami-Pun-by-Luna-May/30456015.IJ6L0?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=GB&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr82N063s7gIVpe_tCh0vtAqiEAQYBSABEgK11vD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I am currently dabbling in the world of 5 strings. I have one sat next to me currently. I'm not sure what I make of it. Pretty sure another 5 string isn't the answer to the question! is this the sort of thing you wore for Yamaha bass t-shirt? https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Yamaha-Short-Sleeve-T-shirt-White-w-Front-Pocket-w-Yamaha-Logo-Back-Bass-/233634030345

one for you https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-Broadbass-BBP35-Practically-Brand-New/154332267868?hash=item23eeeb855c:g:1i8AAOSwrLNgKjcF

a secondhand Wal? (if you keep saving and pray the car doesn't break)

added a disclaimer

Different kind of Large bass collections 1- slowly growers. These folk never seem to sell anything, they have their first bass, and their second and every so often will buy something new. They never sell so don’t seem to have GAS. They will have a collection with a wide age range of basses and look down at the GAS fuelled rabid buying and selling of others. 2- collectors these folk have a thing they are into, if you ask them about it they are very knowledgeable about it and have a desire to own or try as much as they can. Whether it’s Warwicks, 70s japanese, Peavey or pre-cbs fenders it doesn’t really matter. They will have their favourite gigging bass and then half a dozen variations of the same model 3- professional players they make thier living playing bass of in music and have their main instrument. They will have a few of them as backup, and possibly will have been provided by the company. For recording and for fun they might have anything from a handful to dozens of other instruments. You can tell them by string preference to main instrument, close relationships over years with companies and being too busy to want to spend much time on here. 4- semi-professional players like the above but they make their main living doing something else. This means more free cash flow so they know what they like, it just will be a bit newer than the pro player and they possibly went for an upgraded top wood 5- thing lovers these players have a large collection of basses with no discernible theme or reason. Mostly lower end models they seem to have hoovered up lots of different make models and styles. Because they aren’t throwing big money at anything expect to see a lot of lower end instruments that are “actually way better than you would imagine”. In conversation about their instruments expect verboseness but little detail. 6- GAS fuelled thing lovers these players are similar to normal thing lovers, but ascribe to the idea in the marketing that more expensive things will be better. Their collection may not be large but it seems constantly in flux and week to week who knows what basses they will take to practice. Despite all evidence to the contrary they like to think themselves as discerning, so will go into excruciating detail And cause the luthier a massive headache when spec-ing a bass. They like to signal their discernment to others of their tribe with comments like “ah if this had an extra string”. (Btw the custom bass went from being the best thing ever to being traded for a Roscoe in about 6 months) 7- GAS fuelled swappers. like the above but unable to keep a large collection For whatever reason. Tend to have a small collection of higher end instruments. All but one of them will have a price if you ask. (And if you are asking You probably are one) 8- Stopper swappers Gas fuelled swappers who have stopped for whatever reason. Used to be on Basschat a lot. Not any more. Will be nice to say hello when they log on to sell their Ceilinder. 9- completists pride themselves one not having GAS, not as picky as some of the above - they have a a small collection... 1 precision, one jazz, one 5 string, one stingray, one fretless, one EUB etc 9- Stans These guys try to emulate their favourite player. They have the signature model. And the previous signature model, and a version of the bass they became famous on. If a Mark King fan they may pay their salery directly to Status Graphite 10- Trend followers you know when things are on trend on talkbass? These guys seem to follow the trend, yes they had a Lakland, and a SX and a Sire - and whatever got a bit of a buzz about them. Seem to go through cabs fairly quickly 11- the reader of course you sir or madam, the reader are a wonderful individual who only makes rational thought through decisions, unswayed by marketing, peer pressure or phycological need. You are truely free (but have you tried....)

it's a nice bass. Keep it. In 20 years you might have gone back to playing 4 stringers and be grateful for keeping it

Roger's responses or Hans'?

does it do that with a blank patch? turn things off one by one to see if you can work out what it could be

😘

makes me want to buy another Metro Japan though (a PJ)