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you'll get used to it. only time i notice any difference is with a 12 string. other than that, any guitar i play is just that, a guitar.
play music!
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I’ve been playing on and off for 40 years and I never noticed or cared a bit about nut width or saddle spacing until I FINALLY started learning to fingerpick a few months ago. Now I definitely notice and have a clear preference when I’m fingerpicking. The only things I noticed earlier in my playing years was action and string gauge (and sound, of course). With electric I’m much pickier about stuff like fretboard radius (nothing flatter than 9.5” on a Fender type neck, but 12” is fine on a Gibson type) and string spacing (narrower on Fender necks). But on acoustic, it’s a recent thing to even care...
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I can say that for me (a beginner just about two years in), I cannot tell the difference between a 1 3/4 and 1 11/16ths nut. In fact, while I do notice a difference when switching from my 1 3/4 steel string to my 2 inch classical, after about 10 minutes the difference seems to fade away. I think I'm just not consistent enough to identify a 1/16ths difference. |
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I can handle a .055 E string OK but .056 is too thick.
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Our fingers are so sensitive!
You're telling me! I told them they were rushing the tempo, and they shot back "Who's fault is that???" |
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Of course, you could always score a pre-NT Taylor while they're still relatively affordable...
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It's getting to the point where I don't play my 1 11/16 guitars any more (Martin and Taylor), even though they sound great and are perfect otherwise. Yet I can play narrow nut electric guitars no problem. Weird.
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Hey, the difference between Gold medal and Silver medal in swimming can be 1/100th of a second. I get annoyed when people say small measurements can't be significant. Obviously it varies with everyone.
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Or run out and neck dive. Learn to play the instrument, be creative, don’t be pedantic. Wash, rinse and repeat.....soon you make MUSIC. If I recall correctly that is the point of this whole guitar thing. Not intended to offend, just my opinion.
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For those of you who don't notice or need the difference, God bless you. |
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Agreed. That actually is weird. But not uncommon, I should think.
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Uh......... because they are two different instruments.......
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Psychologists who study sensory systems have the concept of a "JND" (just noticeable difference), and it is true that in some cases our sensory systems are capable of rather extraordinary discriminations (e.g. pitch in the frequency range of speech, tactile discrimination in certain body regions--recall the "homonculus" drawings you may have seen in a psychology book). However, just because we can make these discriminations does not mean they are important in performance. My suspicion, like others above have suggested, would be that experienced guitarists would quickly adapt, even if they did notice the difference. I would not be surprised if someone has already published work on this topic, but I am not familiar with it.
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I was referring to things like nut widths; I absolutely agree with you about poor setups though.
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