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Old 10-16-2009, 11:09 AM
Martin_Nut Martin_Nut is offline
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I had a Martin dread special with a slim profile 1 11/16" neck that seemed to play better than any of my others (8 at the time). I found out later that the string spacing was a hair wider - 2 3/16" vs 2 1/4". Something they did just to differentiate that special edition, along with a bunch of fancy cosmetics, fwd X scalloped bracing and the like. Though I was unaware to begin with, it did make a difference.

Now my guitars all have 1 3/4" nuts and 2 1/4" spacing, which seems to work best for me.
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