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05-24-2018, 04:04 AM
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1 13/16 nut and 2 3/16" string space playable?
I am about to buy a McIlroy and see in the specs a 1 13/16" nut width (46mm) and 2 3/16" string spacing (56mm). How playable is this for fingerstyle ect. Is it common this width?
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05-24-2018, 04:09 AM
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Sounds just about perfect to me. Just a bit more room than a standard 1 3/4 Neck. Should be a wonderful fingerstyle guitar
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05-24-2018, 04:18 AM
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A few of my older guitars have a 1 13/16" nut which I like. Personally though I find a 2 3/16" string spacing a bit skimpy. I prefer 2 5/16" string spread but have no problem with a 2 4/16." Anything under that though would be really pushing it.
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05-24-2018, 06:09 AM
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I find that spacing very comfortable for fingerstyle. Wider string spacing does seem to help me play a little cleaner I think.
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05-24-2018, 06:42 AM
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That doesn't seem to be that wide of a string spacing. I usually prefer 2 1/4 or 2 5/16 for finger style. Not sure what the purpose of having a wide nut but not pair it with a wider string spacing.
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05-24-2018, 07:13 AM
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The McIlroy is custom made with these specs, i will get it end next week. The anwsers comfort me
 ,it is a used guitar
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05-24-2018, 07:16 AM
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It's simple. It's because the strings are getting 'attacked' at different angles by the different jobs required of each hand. I've actually been doing just fine with my custom Telecaster which has a very large profile (deep, fat V) with 1 & 3/4" nut, but still has a 2 & 1/8" saddle spacing, while my Flammang has an even larger profile, 1 & 13/16" nut, but a 2 & 3/8" spacing. Nail length, I suppose, helps to 'aim' the attack at the bridge, but you don't get that sort of help with fat fingertips on the fretting end. HE
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05-24-2018, 08:13 AM
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And you Flammang example seems to prove my point. Both 1 13/16 and 2 3/8 are wide.
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05-24-2018, 09:08 AM
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"Sir, with your waistline being 36" you should definitely have a 32" inseam"......said no clothing salesman, ever.
If you don't understand why nut width and saddle string spacing really don't have a correlation, I'm not sure I can explain it to you, but a clue to follow would be that no two people are built alike, etc. One example would be something like the Martin Paul Simon OM-42PS, which came with a 1 & 11/16" nut and 2 & 1/4" string spacing. Ask Paul why he requested that. Regards, Howard Emerson
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05-24-2018, 10:02 AM
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I do have one guitar with 1-13/16" and 2-3/16" that I used for fingerstyle. I mean, you can play any style with any specs, it's just about how optimal or not they are. In this case it works, but I wish it were wider at the saddle.
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