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Originally Posted by Misifus
I play fingerstyle almost exclusively. For twenty-five years, I played classical with a two inch nut. Then I began to order a steel string custom. In the process, my luthier had me play guitars with 1-11/16”, 1-3/4”, and 1-7/8” nuts. After twenty-five years of two inch nuts and nylon strings, I found that 1-11/16” nut was too narrow for me to play comfortably. Oddly, the 1-7/8” nu was too wide, so I settled on he 1-3/4” and it has proved ideal for me. I will say that the difference between 1-11/16 and 1-3/4 is only 1/16”, but that difference was significant for me.
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It is the difference between fretting cleanly and not so clean. Only people that require the wider fret board truly understand this. Players with skinny fingers and regular size hands usually have no idea how much easier it is to play with a wider fret board.