Makers like Collings and Northfield offer wide nut options, but no narrow nut options. For me, a 1 1/8" nut feels like a wide nut. Is there a market for narrow nuts and slim necks? Gibsons have a 1 1/16" nut but not a slim neck. Apparently the Skaggs MM has a very narrow nut (just over 1") and very slim neck, but I don't want to spend that kind of $. (I heard Ricky slimmed down a Loar neck so much he hit the truss rod. True?)
Anyone else prefer 1 1/16" nuts or smaller and slim neck profiles? How hard would it be for makers to offer that option? Maybe if a bunch of people weigh in on their preference for this, we can get the narrow nut option.
Weren't Loars less than 1 1/8" at the nut? How did 1 1/8" become the modern standard? Probably because guitar players want wider nuts and bigger necks.
A list of makers who use 1 1/16" nuts (or smaller) and slim necks might be beneficial too. I know some Givens F5 nuts are close to 1". Wish I had kept the one I had. I've heard some Derrington/Daley MM have slim necks--never played one.
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