Nash Guitars S-57 Mary Kaye Nautilus Neck Lollar Pickups GRT-621

Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz
Neck Depth 1st fret: .83"
Neck Depth 12th fret: .95"

Guitar Riot is the place for Nash in the Great Lakes Region!

Nash Guitars S-57 in Mary Kaye Blonde. Classic combination of ash body and medium C profile maple neck. This Nash T-57 has Light aging and is equipped with Lollar pickups. Nash Nautilus fretboard radius with 6105 fret wire makes for beyond easy playability. This Nash S-57 looks, plays, and sounds like an old compadre you've been hanging with for years!

Body: Ash
Color: Mary Kaye
Neck: C Shape Maple
Fretboard radius: Nautilus
Fret wire size: 6105
Pickups: Lollar 
Aging Level: Light
Pickguard: 1 Ply White

Case: Nash teardrop alligator case included

Nautilus Neck notes from Nash:

Get ready to be amazed!

This revolutionary design will deliver:

Significantly Lower String Height/Action

Freedom from fret rattle

Increased Sustain and Resonance

Effortless, unlimited bends—without fretting out

At some point, it hit us: guitars and other fretted instruments have been relying on a fundamentally flawed system of fretboard and fret radii.  It’s functional, but far from optimal.  We found a better way.  

A bit of background… Fret spacing is determined by the mathematical principle commonly called “The Rule of 18”—where each fret is 1/18th closer than the last.  We applied this principle to fretboard and Fret radii.  The result?  A radically progressive radius, where every fret is 1/18th flatter than the one before it.  This means that every position you place your fingers, the position one step above has built in clearance.  This clearance is normally achieved through neck relief and high action.  The Nautilus neck does this by the radical new design.  The outcome is game-changing.  Our patented Nautilus Neck design requires little to no neck relief.  Action can be set incredibly low, bending is easier and virtually unlimited thanks to mathematically optimized fret clearance.

A note to guitar techs and end users:

To accommodate different preferences, we ship the neck with a slightly higher nut and action than my preferred personal setup. This gives you a more balanced starting point, allowing room for minor adjustments to achieve your sweet spot.

On my own guitars I cut the nut very low and set the action with a slight fret rattle for optimal playability.

 If we shipped them exactly as I like, those who like a higher nut will need to replace the nut. Some players keep the factory setup, enjoying the immediate improvement in playability.

 Others fine-tune it further, setting the relief to dead straight and lowering the action. I encourage you to find what works best for you.