Son’s NGD/Pacifica612

[Chickee]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

I looked up the Yamaha Pacifica 612 on Sweetwater and it does indeed show 1.614" nut width in the tech specs section. That surprises me.

- Glenn

Originally Posted by GoPappy

Hmmm. I just checked Yamaha's website, and the specs do indeed list the nut width as 41mm. That's for the entire Pacifica lineup. The Revstar lineup is listed as 41.9mm, and the SA200 semi-hollow body is listed as 43mm.

I suppose the good news is that a lot of people have owned and/or played a Pacifica and have/had no issues with the nut width. Who know what the string spacing may be, but that could play a big role in giving it a wider playing feel.

Frank, I didn't mean to take any of the shine off of your son's new guitar, and I'm sorry if I did. It's a beautiful guitar and the specs look absolutely first rate, especially for a sub-$1,000 guitar.

Yes, I am as surprised as are you two CoolCats that the listed neck width is so minuscule! 41mm? I don’t know if even I would be comfortable at that width, and I love slim necked guitars.

And Pappy, in no way did I see or perceive any slight from an honest observation concerning a guitar I know so little about. No worries here my friend. I want to know too.

Glenn, Pappy, all the best,
frank d.

[Chickee]

Not one reviewer I’ve watched has bemoaned the neck width of this 600 series Pacifica. Is it the shape of the back of the neck that offsets the thinness of the fretboard at the first fret. I will have to play one to know for sure.

One reviewer went so far as to measure the dimensions at the 1st, 5th, 12th and 22nd frets. The first fret is 1.5”/41mm fret edge to fret edge at the nut face. The 5th fret is already at 1.8”/45.72mm. Plenty of room to move around between frets one and five. The neck is already widening at the second fret, and more than a quarter inch wider by the fifth fret.
Hers’s some pix:

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[Brent Hutto]

I briefly owned (and returned) an inexpensive Schecter electric guitar with a nut width just under 41mm. It was my first non-acoustic so I got kind of blindsided by thinking, "Well I guess all these electric guitars are going to feel pretty narrow at the first few frets until I get used to it".

Having now played quite a few more conventional 42-43mm width electrics it's obvious that the 41mm or less ones are REALLY tight, whether you're coming from acoustics or whatever. Pretty sure I could play a 41mm guitar every day for a month and still be struggling but the again my playing choices involve using a lot of open strings interspersed with fretted notes.

P.S. And I should add that I have thickish and very clumsy fingers!

[Glennwillow]

I have played my son's Yamaha Pacifica a number of times and never noticed the relatively narrow nut width. Maybe his isn't really narrow. Or, maybe because of other aspects of the guitar, it's just not a problem either for me or my son.

However, I have relatively narrow fingers and I can fit into most guitar nut widths.

- Glenn

[davidd]

The great Bireli Lagrene doesn't have an issue with the neck size...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP430cUJKFQ

[Chickee]

Originally Posted by davidd

The great Bireli Lagrene doesn't have an issue with the neck size...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP430cUJKFQ

Thanks for this dave. I forwarded it to DannyBoy in St. Louie! Im sure he’ll dig it. I sure did.
frank d.