[quote name='NickD' timestamp='1439405338' post='2842597']
Are you buying blind online?
My sire was 18.5 spacing ,was great easy to play
I had a 55-01 was a decent bass
That might be the problem, I think it's mine too. Ok I research, pick through reviews etc, and may even get a quick blast on one, but the days of spending a few hours playing one bass in a store seem long gone to me. I found Warwick 5 spacing too close, and always loved the 19mm on my Bass Collection, so researched and bought a beautiful Skyline 55 01... but it doesn't feel quite the same... so, now I'm idly looking into opinions and examples of 18mm 5 strings, at which point I'll probably go down the same path again. Maybe, as above, it is about too much choice. The Lakland is a beautiful instrument with a great range of sounds,,and looks great (to me), but there's always something else to chase, to tidy 'this' up, or make 'that' easier.
Maybe I should just practice more!
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