Sire Z3.....what's your take on it?

[fretmeister]

What's the bridge string spacing on the 5 string?

 

I'm already annoyed that the nut is 45mm instead of 44.5 as it should be!  

[Terry M.]

39 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

What's the bridge string spacing on the 5 string?

 

I'm already annoyed that the nut is 45mm instead of 44.5 as it should be!  

Oh you won't like this then: 18mm to the 17.5mm of the SR5 🤣

[mcnach]

10 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Oh you won't like this then: 18mm to the 17.5mm of the SR5 🤣

 

The Z7 is definitely 17.5mm.

Are you sure the Z3 is the same? The polepiece spacing looks more like those found on 16-16.5mm basses 🤔

Do I have to buy one to find out? 😄

[Terry M.]

5 hours ago, mcnach said:

 

The Z7 is definitely 17.5mm.

Are you sure the Z3 is the same? The polepiece spacing looks more like those found on 16-16.5mm basses 🤔

Do I have to buy one to find out? 😄

Ah fair enough. I thought I read that all Sire 5 string bridge spacing was 18mm. I didn't measure it so I can't say I'm sure 👍

[mcnach]

20 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Ah fair enough. I thought I read that all Sire 5 string bridge spacing was 18mm. I didn't measure it so I can't say I'm sure 👍

 

It seems to be some kind of secret! I haven't seen the spacing at the bridge specs anywhere :shrug:

 

I only know the Z7-5 because I have one. 

 

It's true, Sire seems to go for 18mm generally, but I think here they've chosen the same spacing as a Stingray 5 since that's the general vibe of the bass... that's just my guess.

Edited January 9 by mcnach

[Baker69]

Yes the Stingray SR5 has a string spacing is 17.5mm so it would make sense for the Z7’s to follow suit, however the Indonesian-made Sterling SUB Ray 5’s have a slightly narrower string spacing of 16.5mm which some people struggle with, I have small hands and I’m fine with it though. 
 

My Sire P7-5 string spacing is 18mm (I think?) and I imagined the Z3-5’s & Z7-5’s to also be 18mm but it’s a newly designed bridge so they can make them to what they want. I did read however on another forum that some guys are complaining about the outer strings being too close to the edge of the fretboard and can be easily pushed off, so a slightly narrower string spacing would seem logical to me? 

 

Edited Friday at 19:40 by Baker69
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[Terry M.]

1 hour ago, Baker69 said:

Yes the Stingray SR5 has a string spacing is 17.5mm so it would make sense for the Z7’s to follow suit, however the Indonesian-made Sterling SUB Ray 5’s have a slightly narrower string spacing of 16.5mm which some people struggle with, I have small hands and I’m fine with it though. 
 

My Sire P7-5 string spacing is 18mm (I think?) and I imagined the Z3-5’s & Z7-5’s to also be 18mm but it’s a newly designed bridge so they can make them to what they want. I did read however on another forum that some guys are complaining about the outer strings being too close to the edge of the fretboard and can be easily pushed off, so a slightly narrower string spacing would seem logical to me? 

 

If the g string is falling off the edge of the fretboard in particular then it's truly an SR5 clone. Granted that not all SR5s did that. Some of mine did while others did not 😄