twalker Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Just came the other day. What attracted me to this gal was her 1 3/4" nut width which for a fingerpicker like me is puuurrrrfect. She has ALL the right tones for me... big bottom, powerful mids and clear highs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Very nice...enjoy, Toby. I just gotta' stop looking at guitars that make me miss the guitars I usta' have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Very cool - that is a beautiful guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Aaah, just what I thought - that yellowish color was the just the photo. Congrats Toby! I love the sound of mid-1950s Gibsons. My favorite Gibson for many, many years was a 1956 SJ. To my ear these guitars sound really punchy but do tend to give up a bit on the low end compared to the earlier guitars. I think I said this on the other forum though but I have never seen a any 1950s Gibson with a 1 3/4" nut. The last year Gibson provided guitars with a 1 3/4" nut was 1946. Do you think the nut is a replacement with a slightly more generous string spacing than the stock one? I once tried to have a nut with a wider string spacing put on my pre-Gibson Epi. It brought both E strings very close to the edge of the board though and the additional space between the strings was really not near as noticeable as I hoped it would be. So I ended up going back to the stock string spacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fp Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 1 3/4 inch nut ? That's unusual for a 56. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 My '57 had the wide nut too. I never thought twice; never questioned it's authenticity, but I recall it was the easiest on the fret hand I'd ever experienced. Only my current favorite, the '35 L00 I bought from Robert Johnson, is easier. Umm...it's this Robert Johnson, though. www.reverbnation.com/robertjohnson I see Toby has some sound samples up. As soon as I get over missing my J, I'll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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