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Originally Posted by ruger9
Again, people... NECK PROFILE (and radius for that matter.)
You can't really talk about so-called "direct" comparisons of 1 11/16" vs 1 3/4" nuts without including the neck profiles. It's a HUGE (probably the biggest) part of the equation.
So "guitar A had a 1 11/16" and guitar B had a 1 3/4" and I preferred guitar B"... doesn't really mean anything.
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I have an old 1970s Korean Martin D-copy with a V neck and 1 11/16" neck, which is a pretty close neck profile comparison to my Silver Creek T-170 Martin OOO28-EC copy (and very similar, if not the same radius), and I can assure you there's a HUGE difference just from the nut width. It's amazing to me how much 1/16" at the nut, with an extra 1/8" string spacing at the saddle can make.
Maybe not everyone can feel the difference, of course, but I sure do.