Neck width differences based on string spacing and nut

[Ajoten]

My Ibanez SR5 has 45mm nut and 16.5mm spacing at bridge. Love it.

 

Played a Fender P5 48mm / 19mm. Hard work.

 

Played a Sandberg 5er thing 43 / 18, felt nice but now not sure if I imagined it. I expected string spacing at bridge to be deciding factor, and 1mm have little effect.

 

I'm trying to suss how wide the fretboard is c. 12th fret to compare, although that doesn't take into consideration other factors like neck profile or whether tiny dimension differences affect playability a lot.

 

Any accepted wisdom on this?

[crazycloud]

On 31/10/2022 at 22:50, Ajoten said:

Any accepted wisdom on this?

Are you wanting someone to do the trig for you?

 

Simplest is F12 is 1/2 the scale so the difference end to end can be guessed knowing the nut and bridge dimensions of a different bass, and comparing them to your SR, especially as Ibanez are nice enough to give F0 and F24 widths.

 

How as bass feels in the hand to me also depends on the ergonomics of how it hangs on me as much as the raw neck dimensions.

Edited November 1, 2022 by crazycloud

[fretmeister]

Ibanez show 12 fret and 22/24 widths on their site, as well as thickness. 

 

It would be good if others did that too.

 

BTW - AFAIK all Sandberg 5 strings are 45mm nut.