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Post by creamburmese on Oct 23, 2014 2:47:51 GMT
Answering the OP regarding nut size and switching - I usually play a classical guitar with a 52mm neck, then switch to playing the same tunes on my Brook (44mm - quite a difference) and my Taylor (45 mm). When I first switch I find i'm missing strings like crazy, but if I keep playing, in 5-10 mins my fingers seem to figure it out and I have no further problems. At least no more than usual! Because I play the classical most, I find that switching back to the classical is much faster - just a couple of minutes usually. Interestingly I find the same thing when I come to the UK and have to drive on the other side of the road - it usually takes me a day or so before I can position the car correctly without concentrating (I have to line up the windshield wiper with the white line in the middle of the road to be sure I"m in the right place!!!). However when I come back to the States it's almost instant to readjust to driving on the right. Before I started with the classical, nut width and string spacing were a much bigger deal for me than they are now - I actually could not play a nut wider than 45 on an acoustic and preferred a 43, whereas today someone handed me a Collings to try that is 1 13/16 (what's that? 46 or 47?) and I didn't even notice. However the shape of the neck has to be right or I never get comfortable.
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Post by curmudgeon on Oct 26, 2014 18:26:09 GMT
Nut Widths and string spacing is precisely the reason why so many of us search out our ideal instruments and it can take years.
The nut width which many consider "standard" (1 & 11/16" - or 42.7 m/m) was designed for dance band rhythm guitars where one would use only closed chords often killing one or more strings. Why this has become regarded as acceptable bemuses me.
I use 1 & 13/16" and 1 & 7/8" (46 & 47.6 m/m) nut-widths and to obtain this I discoverd 12 fret guitars which are far better designs and far easier to use for flat-picking and fingerstyle.
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