Preferred Nut Width for Dreadnaughts?

[david82282]

With all the discussion on nut widths over the years, I thought it would be useful to survey community preferences.

To not confuse things, this poll is *only for steel string dreadnaughts* (my impression is that's where most of the variability and questions seem to be). Perhaps others could start polls for other guitars or saddles.

I realize that string spacing at the nut is more important than actual nut width -- I went with nut width because it's the standard terminology.

This also might offer good feedback for designers/manufacturers.

[Glennwillow]

Thanks for this poll. Very interesting results, conforming my own preference.

Thanks, Glenn

[surfoxy]

Originally Posted by lofapco

My Gibson Advanced Jumbo Dread is 1.725 which was not available as a choice, but is so close to 1.75 that I don't really notice going between any of my guitars.

I voted for 1 23/32" for the same reason--my J-45 nut is perfect.

That said, anything between 1 11/16" and 1 3/4" is totally fine, though some 1 11/16" can feel a bit cramped and some 1 3/4" can feel pretty wide, nut spacing and neck profile depending.

[whoa]

This question seems to me like "Preferred Glove Size for Ice Hockey?"

[Jesse Matthews]

I Would like to have a 2" 12 fret Dread

[david82282]

Interesting results so far. Thanks to all for your votes and replies!

whoa, I see your perspective, and I actually wish that analogy was completely true, too. But, most manufacturers just offer 1 size per model (or, 1 size across all their dreads), so players' choices are often compromised. One point of this poll is to understand whether the most common offering for a dread (1 11/16) is consistent with the most common preference.