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Sub $1,000 with 2 3/8 spacing
I want to try out a 2 3/8 string spacing guitar, with 25.5-ish scale length, and 1 3/4 or wider nut width.
I bought a Recording King a couple years ago to try out 2 5/16 spacing. Does anyone know of a guitar under $1,000 when new (so that I can buy it used for less) that has these specs? Thanks, Matt |
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None that I’m aware of. Recording Kings have a few with 2 5/16” (RP06 for example) but that is as wide as they get. You might be able to find a Waterloo that is pretty beat up for $1000 though. Most (all?) have 2 3/8” saddle spacing.
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Yeah-I haven't seen any either. What I've wondered is how playable the neck is for fret-hand thumb wrap-arounds.
I'm in line for a Halcyon guitar, and I'm thinking I want to change my order to a wider string spacing, but I'm not sure if 2 5/16 or 2 3/8 would be better. I'll probably go with 2 5/16 if Ed Bond can do that for me. |
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Thanks Fran and OMsong. I will check out the Epiphone and Guild that you recommend. I'm glad to hear there are some affordable options with 2 3/8 string spacing.
Matt |
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Thanks, Matt. Your mention caused me to look through my videos, I hadn't realized how many of them were done with the various Epi EFs. I took a few minutes and built a playlist of the videos made with those guitars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcyG...Ja8Mz9SrKODKPV
There are four different guitars in those clips, one mahogany/spruce non-cut and three rosewood/cedar cutaways. Most of the clips were shot plugged in but there are a few that were captured acoustically with various mics. Fran
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I would spend the money on a scalloped braced recording king, eastman or whatever you have a budget for then add $100-$200 to have a Luthier fill the bridge pin holes and drill new ones (this is typically the way it is done) or they (less often) will change the bridge plate. This could put you in a nice schoenberg RP2-626 or the "Cutaway" and have the spacing you want with all the other wonderful appointments that come with it and you dont need a Marquis
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One thing to watch for is the neck width at the 12th fret. Many guitars with 2 1/4 or less at the saddle have a 12th fret neck width of less than 2 1/4 which will make it tricky to widen the string spacing at the saddle.
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