12/17/2022 0 Comments Gibson j 50 deluxe serial number![]() But I'm basically a flatpicker.Counterfeit guitars from Asia (primarily China) have been around for at least a couple of decades, but today’s offerings are getting harder to spot. The "ideal" nut width varies with individual playing style, but I find that other characteristics of the neck shape, such as its cross sectional area and shape, have as much or more to do with playing comfort as nut width. By the time you reach the 12th fret, the difference in string spacing between the extremes of nut width is less than 2mm. ![]() String spacing at the saddle for pin-bridge Gibson acoustics has typically been 2 1/8" (54mm), whether the nut width is 1 9/16" (40mm), 1 11/16" (43mm), or 1.72" (43.7mm). Remember that the width at the nut is only half the equation. If it does, you are probably the same people who can differentiate the sound of a rosewood fingerboard from that of an ebony fingerboard. I honestly doubt that for most people, the difference between 43mm and 43.7mm at the nut is going to make a lot of difference in your playing style. Much depends on your style of playing, and what you are used to. Just like the Gibson electrics, this shrank to 1 9/16" (40mm) from about 1964-'65 until the dawn of the post-Norlin era (date of change uncertain). Most of the Gibson flat-top acoustics I have measured from post WWII until 1963 measure 1 11/16" (43mm). Gibson electrics from the "golden age" of 1958-1964 were mostly 1 11/16" (43mm), changing to 1 9/16" ( 40mm) from about 1965 to 1981, when they generally returned to 1 11/16". ![]() "Wide nut" in Gibson terms generally means anything 1 11/16" (43mm) or wider. ![]() A wide nut would be 1 3/4"(1.75),or 1.725" at least, Gibson's Slope D's default.ġ 11/16" is Martin's Dread default, narrow nut. ![]()
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