Dread or Jumbo with 1 3/4 nut ???

[tractman]

Are there or were there any Guild Dreads or Jumbo's made that have a 1 3/4 nut. I love my 30re but I am looking for a little more low end..
Thanks
Stan

 

[Taylor Martin Guild]

My 1991 JF-55 has a 1 3/4" nut.
It also has a very nice low profile neck, so it doesn't feel big or chunky, like my Martin does.
The Martin has a 1 11/16" nut.

 

[cjd-player]

Hi Stan.

I replaced the nut on my D-55 with a Tusq nut from Graph-Tech. Not quite 1-3/4, but close.
Tusq nut number PQ-6134-00 has worked out very well. The E-to-E spacing is 1.496 inches (38.00 mm)

Here's a link to the thread where I described it: http://www.letstalkguild.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6637&p=67684&hilit=+Tusq#p67684

 

[bluepen]

cjd-

is that 38mm center to center of strings? with Meds that bottom E string is a fattie...a mm all by itself.

i'm interested in trying this, that lil bit of spacing really helps, I think.

 

[cjd-player]

Yes, 38mm E to E, center to center.

Yes, that spacing change made a big difference to me. Very close the 1-3/4 nut spacing on my Taylors.

For me, it made the D-55 easier to play. I don't exactly have the most svelt fingers for freatboard manuvering. :mrgreen:

 

[killdeer43]

For me, it made the D-55 easier to play. I don't exactly have the most svelt fingers for freatboard manuvering. :mrgreen: quote]

Looking at those fingers, you might consider something like, say, third base? :lol:

Joe

 

[zplay]

Yes, 38mm E to E, center to center.

Yes, that spacing change made a big difference to me. Very close the 1-3/4 nut spacing on my Taylors.

For me, it made the D-55 easier to play. I don't exactly have the most svelt fingers for freatboard manuvering. :mrgreen:

cjd, you did well to get that 38 mm spacing to fit your D-55. i just checked 3 guitars - one, my DV-4 with 1 11/16" nut, as well as 2 with 1 3/4" nuts. I had had my tech fill-in, then recut the nut on my DV-4 for for wider spacing and it came out with 37.5 mm centers of E to E, which feels just fine for me. Interestingly, both of my others came with the exact same string spacing on wider nuts! I'd have assumed they'd have been wider before actually measuring.

 

[taabru45]

Maybe upright bass :!: :lol: Steffan[



quote="killdeer43"]

For me, it made the D-55 easier to play. I don't exactly have the most svelt fingers for freatboard manuvering. :mrgreen: quote]

Looking at those fingers, you might consider something like, say, third base? :lol:

Joe

 

[bluepen]

That looks like BB King's fingers (or maybe John Lee Hooker's)....

Thanks for the clarification of center to center.

 

[sitka_spruce]

Still awaiting the CD-1. But if Jumbo as such is your game (16" wide that is), then why not the CV-1? God bless the Contemporary Series.