Well, I got it in, and playing alone in my living room I love the thing. Took it to band practice last night for the first time. Wow that wide neck takes some getting used to. And to borrow a phrase a friend of mine pointed out, the B string is commanding, "You will deal with me!"
This is my first experience with a 5 string beyond picking them up in music stores sometimes. I'm hoping I get for comfortable with it, I really want to use this one more than my Thunderchicken. I'm kinda hard on my instruments, and tend to play some really crappy bars, so I want to minimize wear, tear, and theft of the Bird.