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First, make sure you want a five string. The finger board is wider, and the string spacing is smaller, which impact your playing.
That being said, its the usual two questions to be answered:
Do you love the feel/action?
Do you love the sound?
On a five string, I would say that what would be an mid-range price range for a four string is a good starting point for a five string. For me, this turned out to be around $700. After beating on a few Peavy's, an Ibanez or three, I kept coming back to the Schecter Elite-5.
It has a 35" scale, making for a tighter low-b, and the compromise between fingerboard width and string spacing feels perfect in my hand. Having a bound neck also makes it much faster to get up and down the neck, while providing a very smooth feel in hand.
The setup on this guitar from the shop in Burbank is wonderful...the neck was a bit over-bowed for my taste, but its a personal taste, and nothing that won't be fixed if you choose to have a setup on it done for you.
It has a beautiful tone on it across the range, with nice deep lows that are very clean, and a high end that is nothing to be sneered at. The on baord active EQ and Mhz pickups are a pleasure to hear. I chose to put the second battery in mine to make it an 18V rig, but for many people, the default single battery 9V will be just fine.
All in all, I would un-conditionally recommend the Schecter Elite 5...if you want a better five-string, start saving your pennies for a custom boutique bass, made to your own specification. :)
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