Nuts, more nuts, and string spacing gauges

[fender3x]

Probably because they copied an old Martin for early acoustic guitar designs (a lot of Fender acoustics have the Martin shape headstock) and have stuck with the dimensions.

That would make sense, although it seems harder to build that way. Martin doesn't even do it on guitars worth 5x what mine's worth. I thought about the degree of difficulty and time involved with shaping a nut blank to get that angle, and decided to see if I could buy one pre-cut. The only one I have found was tusq and labelled "Martin." If they had used any other angle I'd have been SOL.

It's a funny guitar. Beautiful rosewood sides and back--which is bookmatched. Three tone sunburst spruce top. Now that I have the old nut off, I can see that it was bone. Bound all around, including the point of the Florentine cutaway and the bottom of the heel. It has a big, full sound, and great tone. Worth about $200 on a good day. One of the best, worthless things I have ever owned.