Heritage Archtop with Wide Nut

[vanceen]

I've got a very nice Golden Eagle, but lately I have really been enjoying the larger nut widths on some of my flat top acoustics. I would love to find something like the GE with a 1 3/4" or even a 1 13/16 nut.

 

I know the Heritage Johnny Smith was 1 3/4", but are there any other Heritage archtops out there with nuts wider than 1 11/16"? I find that it makes "crowded" chords much easier to play cleanly.

[Kuz]

My Florintine Cutawy Golden Eagle is 1 3/4" and I love the extra nut width! My 555 is also 1 3/4" nut width.

[vanceen]

Thanks, Kuz. Were those custom models or do they come stock with wider nuts?

[Gianluca]

My H535 is a custom order, 1.75" nut width, great fretboard very comfortable(to me)

[pressure]

Both my Johnny Smiths and my Millie are 1 3/4". This is the first time I measured them, usually I just play them.

[Artpulis]

I had a 575 made with a 1.75 neck and I love it. That kind of customization cost me very little extra which is a major reason I went with Heritage.

[Gitfiddler]

My H525 Custom has a 1.75" nut width. That's another reason it tends to be played more than my other Heritages.

 

However, I adjust fairly quickly after a few minutes of playing other gits with slightly narrow nut widths.

[Kuz]

My 555 I custom ordered with the wider nut, the Golden Eagle I bought from Wolfe guitars and he spec'd it with a wider nut. So I just got lucky with that the GE had a wider nut, but I would have bought it with a 1 11/16" nut. I really don't notice that much a difference other than you don't fall off the fretboard with the E strings, and like you stated it is a little easier to chord up by the nut.