[quote name='Faithless' post='112788' date='Jan 3 2008, 11:35 AM']I'm also after 5-stringer, but, when I took Ibazzy, I didn't think about slap very much..
And, now, damnit, I got problems with it - 5th string is not that serious problem, but, fret spacing 16.4mm, if I'm right, and neck pickup is not that far from fretboard ( as I've noticed only Now ) - as I'm using two fingers to pop the strings, keeping thumb and two fingers right in position becomes a Thing.
I like slap sound very much, but, all in all, it looks to me that my Ibazzy's for everything, but except slap
I know, it's all in work, and I'm working, though, how do you guys struggle with 16.4mm spacing if you even struggle?[/quote]
I had a serious look into an SR1005 Prestige and had it at home for a while and just couldn't slap on it. My Lakland 55-02 (19mm) is perfect for slapping, no problems and is just as fast for me as the 44-02 but the DJ is much faster to play than either (or that's the way it feels to me anyway)
The 55-02 is great for long grooves in F - it's the ability to play in position more comfortably that I like about the 5 string.