This is my experience: plenty of guitars, included some Martins and some less expensive Taylors, have a 43mm nut width. BUT... Martins and Taylors have a 37mm strings spacing, while most other brands (Yamaha, Takamine, Ibanez, Washburn etc...) have a 35 mm strings spacing. These 2mm of difference make a HUGE difference if, for example, you play fingerstyle. I have a couple of parlors, one from Fender and on from Ibanez, that have a 43mm nut width, they both had a 35mm strings spacing. I replaced the nuts with two nuts with 37mm string spacing and I can play fingesrtyle much better. And, even with a strings spacing of 37mm, there is still room at the edges in order not to "slip" with the E strings.
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