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A very narrow nut
Alvarez is releasing a new Artist Elite Series Parlor Guitar. Cedar top with it looks like laminated Madagascar Ebony sides and back but check out that nut width toward the bottom in the specs below. Molly Tuttle would have trouble with that string spacing.
Body Top wood: Solid AA North Western red cedar Back & sides: Macassar ebony Bracing pattern: MST1 tapered X bracing with asymmetric tone bars Binding: Ebony binding and bevel armrest Body finish: Premium light Shadowburst gloss Neck Fingerboard: Indian laurel fingerboard with 12th fret inlay Neck wood: Mahogany Scale length: 25” Neck finish: Satin Electronics Pickup/preamp: Alvarez SYS100 pickup with soundhole console Other Bridge: Indian laurel Bi-level, PPS synthetic bone bridge pins Saddle & nut: Real bone Inlays: Abalone and MOP Tuner: Premium chrome tuners Strings: D’Addario EXP16’s Nut width: 1/34” Special features: ATR wood curing
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1 & 3/4" is pretty average now, although not for 12 fret smaller guitars, but as this is an electric, or electro, it is aimed at strummers, so, they don't want wider fretboards.
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The ad says 1/34” not 1 3/4”. It’s quite a difference. I know it’s a typo, it struck me funny.
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Why yes, 1/34TH (.0294117) would indeed be a bit narrow and, I suspect, rather difficult to play.
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Me too! All I could think of was some gnome trying to play it and having a hard time doing so.
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