The proof is in how they will get that B string to sound not like pudding with a not even quite regular long scale neck. That is an issue with the old 5er where the B sting sounds wholly different to the other strings making it more of a "4+1-" than a true 5-string.
The narrow string spacing is no issue for pick players and that, children, is after all how Rics deserve to be played! (ducking ...)