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Post by cottonopolis on Nov 10, 2017 15:25:21 GMT
Hi,
Could anybody point me in the direction of Electric guitars with a 1.75 inch nut. or just shy of that. The guitar will be used for slide as well as `normal` playing and I don`t get on with skinny nut widths. The one s I have seen are the more expensive Gibson`s , which is out of my budget. I don't mind used or new.
Cheers, Steve.
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Post by jangarrack on Nov 11, 2017 10:12:54 GMT
Hi, I can't get on narrow or even what may be considered standard 1 11/16" neck widths and a couple of times looked unsuccessfully for an electric with a wider nut. One idea I did think of but never got round to was to look for a Fender and then fit a Big Lou wide neck and then you can have just about any width you want at a reasonable cost, although you may have to shave the sides down a bit to get to 1.75". Another idea that worked really well for me was on an Ovation Custom Legend I once owned a few years back. That had a 1 11/16" neck that I could not get on with and I had the nut professionally changed for another one with a wider string spacing and it completely transformed it, a huge improvement for me. It put the top and bottom strings very close to the edge of the fretboard, but that was easy to get used to and never presented a problem for me. In fact it just felt like a very comfortable 1 3/4" or 1.75" neck. If you did it yourself, I think you could probably achieve the same effect by using an 1 3/4" nut and shaving the ends off, but I may be wrong on that so best to get that information from someone more knowledgable than me.
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Post by cottonopolis on Nov 11, 2017 10:36:39 GMT
Thanks for the reply jangarrack, I would not trust myself to start altering necks and nuts mate. Taking a guitar to be altered professionally may be an option to consider, as I would want the action raised slightly for slide anyway. I have seen some Gibsons that are 1 3/4 in, but they are the more expensive guitars. I must admit searching is fun as long as it doesn`t go on for ever. Cheers, Steve.
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Post by andrewjw on Nov 11, 2017 14:21:22 GMT
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Post by cottonopolis on Nov 11, 2017 15:35:08 GMT
Thanks for the link Andrew, I will check it out now.
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