5-string Bass Size?

[retoto]

Hello I'm building 5-string warwick bass guitar thumb. I'm interested in sizes. I know thet it will be 111cm long but I dont know how wide is it perhaps somebody have that or just know how wide is it usuali(not onley warwick).

PLEASE HELP ?

[bluespresence]

I think the best thing to do is go to your local music shop with a tape measure....play a bunch of basses and decide which ones fit you best. Measure them out and make yours aorund the dimensions you like.

[Curtis P]

i second that, when i was thinking of building a guitar a few years ago, i took a pad of paper, a pencil and a tailors tape, and played a few guitars, mesured the waist, horns, butt, that kinda stuff, wrote it all down, sometimes i would do a little sketch of the stuff and go from there....

Good luck with it

Curtis

[erikbojerik]

I did the same thing when measuring nut sizes, neck thicknesses & tapers, and string spacing on some basses, brought a digital caliper and a notepad, spent about an hour at my local music shop. It was quite the conversation starter when the guys found out I was intending to build a bass.