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Originally Posted by inadu ridge
You are correct, I measured it and it is 1 11/16. It just feels different than the CW. And looking at the headstock angles, they are different.
Am I correct that the CW/SJ are basically the same guitar as the Hummingbird? Bracing etc. the same?
Thanks
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The thing is it is not like Gibson changed specs at the stroke of midnight on January 1. Sometimes the changes took place later in the year and there is generally some overlap so you will run into guitars like a 1955 SJ with the new pickguard style but the old scallop bracing.
If the necks on the '64 and '65 feel different it might be that the '65 has a 1 9/16" nut. Again, you will find Gibsons made in 1965 with both nut widths.
And Yeah, the C&W was pretty much a natural top HB with different tuner buttons and pickguard.