Why no narrow nut options?

[blauserk]

Can you simulate a narrow nut by just cutting a normal nut to simulate narrower string spacing? Or putting a narrow nut on a conventional width neck?

I, meanwhile, am one of the guys who prefers the wide nut. (But I'm a guitar player and a mandolin pretender!)

[Old Growth]

A few years ago I owned a Nichols Road F5 with a 1" nut, flat board. It played well, sounded very Gibson-ish. Very underrated builder imho.

[Victor Daniel]

My 88 Givens A has a 1” nut and a narrow neck. Very easy to play and to access the upper frets.

[Jim Garber]

I prefer maximum width of 1-1/8". My Gibson snakehead I believe has a narrower neck than that but it is comfortable to play. I do prefer a chunkier depth to the neck though. I remember playing a friend's Apitius with a very shallow neck profile and found it hard to deal with. As Br1ck noted above, I also don't measure but just go by what feels good to me.