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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | 3 plank top and hand laid bowl... These guitars have sweet 1-3/4" necks.
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Location: south east Michigan | Very nice Jeff.
This looks like calendar material to me.
Please save it for next year. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Should be a 1-7/8 neck unless you had them whittle off a little.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Sorry I missed it this year...
I should have a few goodies for next year tho... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | 1 7/8 |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Toby is correct... 1-7/8" |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Very nice, Jeff. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Interesting. . . .
Just took out the calipers and measured the Nut width on both my Custom A, which has a true 1-7/8" nut (exactly) and the JW. The JW nut width is right in the middle of 1-3/4" and 1-7/8" at 1-27/32" |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | "Right in the middle of 1-3/4 and 1-7/8" would be 1-13/16.
1-27/32 is a tad closer to 1-7/8 than it is to 1-3/4. But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good post.
My guess is that your JW was built to 1-7/8 and that years of playing have rubbed it down to 1-27/32. Shut up Cliff.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | If we are going to be anally precise... The actual reading on the JW nut was a maiden-hair over 1-53/64"...
I rounded up. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Nice!
I had one for a week or so before giving to my friend - Josh White!
It has minimal bracing inside and the attachment of the top was so thin that you could see light where the binding was.
I hope to get another someday soon.
Very nice addition Jeff! Ready to trade... |
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Location: south east Michigan | I wanna hear the meaning behind this "Toby" thing.
And don't play cute, coy & hard to get. Just tell me the %$^(* story. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | "And don't play cute, coy & hard to get."
That's just downright impossible for some of us, Brad. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Slipkid:
I wanna hear the meaning behind this "Toby" thing.
And don't play cute, coy & hard to get. Just tell me the %$^(* story. Jeez Brad, if you don't pay attention to other threads, how can you expect to stay up? Personally, I think "Circus Boy" would be a better name for ol' Toby..... |
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Location: SoCal | By the way Jeff, the guitar looks beautiful. Bet it sounds great as well.... |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Slipkid:
I wanna hear the meaning behind this "Toby" thing.
And don't play cute, coy & hard to get. Just tell me the %$^(* story. His real name is Kunta Kinte. He only accepted his slave name "Toby" after a severe beating. |
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Location: closely held secret | Jeff, it's a beautiful guitar, and I'm sure the sound is heavenly.
My theory, however, is that you're just attracted to the initials... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Scuse me, but isn't the Josh White nut width 1 112/128"? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Who was Trixie's kid brother in the Speed Racer cartoon? |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by MWoody:
Who was Trixie's kid brother in the Speed Racer cartoon? Trick question. Trixie didn't have a kid brother. Speed did (Spritle). |
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Location: Tennessee | Speed's other brother was Racer X. The rumor was that Chim-Chim was related too.
Very nice looker, Jeff. I had my JW out for a while over the weekend. Every time I think about selling it, I play it and think "no f&%$ing way". BTW, my nut measures 1 55.15/64", but that is subject to slide rule error. |
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Location: closely held secret | Great, now we've descended into one of those "my nut's bigger than your nut' discussions. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Gee Whiz, Bobbo's nut is bigger than mine....
But, I'm assured if I respond to any one of several email offers, I can change that. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Aw Nuts |
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Location: SoCal | Word has it that Bobbo exaggerates about the size of his nuts..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I've got this nasty visual in my head involving calipers now. I hope I can forget it by sharing it all with you. |
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Location: Tennessee | Paul ... Au contraire, squirrell cheeks. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Whatcha talkin bout Willis?
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Location: SoCal | Oh jeez....
TMI |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I should add, that this guitar was near implosion before restoration.
The braces were bowed but still adhered to the top, which was about the contour of a nice crepe skillet. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
"Right in the middle of 1-3/4 and 1-7/8" would be 1-13/16.
1-27/32 is a tad closer to 1-7/8 than it is to 1-3/4. ... I may be repeating myself, but surely it's easier to compare 1.84375, 1.875 and 1.75 inches (or even, god forbid, 46.83125, 47.625 and 44.45mm)
By the way that does look like a nice guitar. |
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| We all thought it looked like a nice guitar til it turned out to have a skinny neck. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | It's nowhere near as beefy as the Custom A neck |
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