Post by TonyKgull on Sept 26, 2016 10:20:04 GMT -5
Ok, so after so many years of having played exclusively wide-nut-width guitars at 1.8" (Seagulls) or 1.75" (Cole Clark & Martin) I'm back to having guitars of all nut widths now with the recent acquisition of my latest guitar ( Taylor 114e at 1.69" nut width ).
Getting used to the thinner nut width hasn't been as bad as I thought it might be. I have to give full credit to Taylor for this though. It seems that other guitar brands with the thin nut width are still too thin for me, Ovations come to mind as being especially so. But Taylors seem to have a slightly wider string spacing on their thin nut widths, so this really seems to fit me best and is about as thin as I'd ever like to go.
It has also helped me be more accurate with my finger placing, so that's a plus.
The only thing I have to be more "on top of" now is my finger nails on my chording hand. I have to make sure I cut them short every 3 or 4 days. Otherwise, if I let them grow to even a full 1/16" ( or roughly 0.065" thou ) or longer, the nails will touch other strings and buzz them out or even deaden them.
Just wondering, is this a consideration for anyone else out there? I'd especially like to know from any ladies out there. Not to seem or be sexist or anything, but I know the ladies tend to like to grow their nails longer than us guys tend to. So, is there anything you have to stay "on top of" regarding your chording hand nails?
Getting used to the thinner nut width hasn't been as bad as I thought it might be. I have to give full credit to Taylor for this though. It seems that other guitar brands with the thin nut width are still too thin for me, Ovations come to mind as being especially so. But Taylors seem to have a slightly wider string spacing on their thin nut widths, so this really seems to fit me best and is about as thin as I'd ever like to go.
It has also helped me be more accurate with my finger placing, so that's a plus.
The only thing I have to be more "on top of" now is my finger nails on my chording hand. I have to make sure I cut them short every 3 or 4 days. Otherwise, if I let them grow to even a full 1/16" ( or roughly 0.065" thou ) or longer, the nails will touch other strings and buzz them out or even deaden them.
Just wondering, is this a consideration for anyone else out there? I'd especially like to know from any ladies out there. Not to seem or be sexist or anything, but I know the ladies tend to like to grow their nails longer than us guys tend to. So, is there anything you have to stay "on top of" regarding your chording hand nails?
