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Originally Posted by inadu ridge
This Country Western is a loud guitar and is feather-light. I think that starting around 66 or 67 Gibson started building the CW, SJ, and Hummingbird models a bit on the heavier side, although there are some killer guitars from that period up until 1970 when things went south in a hurry.
This CW has the 1 11/16 nut width and a comparatively thicker neck profile, much thicker than my 1964 J-45 which has the pencil thin neck with 1 5/8 nut.
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Gibson went to a heavier top bracing in 1968. But those ADJ bidges which became standard in 1961 and oversized bridge plates that would qualify as a piece of furniture which popped up in the middle of the decade weigh about three times more than the standard maple bridge plate and rosewood bridge.
Never seen a J-45 made before 1965 that had a nut that narrow. The standard from 1947 on was 1 11/16". The change in both nut width and headstock angle coincided with a re-tooling in 1965 when new automatic neck machines were purchased. Made those 1960s necks which were already skinny feel even skimpier. But you will find both 1 11/16" and 1 9/16" nuts on the SJ/C&W in '65.