Nut Width
Oddball
Posted 2024-09-09 1:21 PM (#560471)
Subject: Nut Width


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How wide is the nut on an Ovation/Adamas 12-string? And what 6 string Os (with steel strings) came with wider nuts? (I know the nylon string ones do.) Thanks!
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DanSavage
Posted 2024-09-09 5:32 PM (#560472 - in reply to #560471)
Subject: Re: Nut Width



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To my knowledge, only the Josh White had a wider neck. (2 inches) Most steel string Ovations had 1-11/16".

Edited by DanSavage 2024-09-09 5:34 PM
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FlySig
Posted 2024-09-09 9:36 PM (#560473 - in reply to #560471)
Subject: Re: Nut Width



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1 7/8" is the specified nut width on 12 string O/A.
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Mike S.
Posted 2024-09-10 12:14 AM (#560474 - in reply to #560473)
Subject: Re: Nut Width



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Hello, Everyone,
Correct me if I'm wrong here, please, but didn't all of the now discontinued Ovation Folklore models, i.e., both steel and nylon 6-string guitars, ("Twin Sons of Different Mothers", and the Limited Edition 2016 50th Anniversary Folklore Deluxe also have a specified nut width of 1 7/8"? I'm just thinking out loud on this one.
Mike S.
Ottawa, ON.,
CANADA
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moody, p.i.
Posted 2024-09-10 12:16 AM (#560475 - in reply to #560472)
Subject: Re: Nut Width


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DanSavage - 2024-09-09 3:32 PM

To my knowledge, only the Josh White had a wider neck. (2 inches)
http://ovationtribute.com/Catalogues/Josh%20White%20Brochure/Josh%2...

1 7/8"
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numbfingers
Posted 2024-09-10 3:07 PM (#560476 - in reply to #560475)
Subject: Re: Nut Width


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To round out Mike S's list of models with 1-7/8" nut:

Josh White was K-1114, then became Folklore 1114 or 1614 with pickup.
Nylon string 1124/1624, mid (or artist?) depth.
Folklore 6774 with cutaway.
Folklore Deluxe FD-14

Seems like something is still missing, maybe the parlor guitar, but I'm a solidbody kinda guy...

-Steve W.
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DanSavage
Posted 2024-09-11 4:48 PM (#560477 - in reply to #560475)
Subject: Re: Nut Width



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moody, p.i. - 2024-09-09 10:16 PM

DanSavage - 2024-09-09 3:32 PM

To my knowledge, only the Josh White had a wider neck. (2 inches)
http://ovationtribute.com/Catalogues/Josh%20White%20Brochure/Josh%20White%20Brochure.html

1 7/8"

According to the 1967 Josh White brochure, it's 2". Yet, according to the 1968 JW brochure, it's 1-7/8".

I also checked the 1969 catalog and The JW is listed as having a 1-7/8" neck.

So, this begs the quetion, was the 1967 JW the only one to have a 2" neck, or was that a typo?



Edited by DanSavage 2024-09-11 4:59 PM
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FlySig
Posted 2024-09-11 10:08 PM (#560478 - in reply to #560476)
Subject: Re: Nut Width



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numbfingers - 2024-09-10 2:07 PM


Seems like something is still missing, maybe the parlor guitar, but I'm a solidbody kinda guy...

-Steve W.


I do remember something about a wider nut on a parlor but can't quite place it. Maybe it was a custom one-off guitar, or perhaps a 12 string version which may have been a custom guitar?

There was the 1997 Collector's edition, and then I believe a non-collector's edition offered in 1998. On my 1997 Collector's edition the nut is the standard width, and the neck is very slim, making the nut seem even smaller.

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keldon85
Posted 2024-10-12 12:02 PM (#560549 - in reply to #560471)
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My Folklore 1114 from the early 70s has a 1 7/8" nut. The nut on my 1763 nylon string classical (early 90s) is 2".
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