ok here's the deal i just purchased a taylor gs mini-e acoustic, it has a 1 11/16" nut and i'm finding it hard to avoid the other strings when playing notes, so like i said i'm new to playing so my fingers have not toughened up although i already have calluses on finger tips but the pillow part of the finger spreads when fretting a string. after doing some reserch the average nut is between 1 11/6 and 1 7/8 on a acoustic guitar so my questions is does that little bit of exta space between the strings make any difference is it just part of developing the technique to play, i still have 2 weeks to do a exchange if i need to. i love the sound and look of the guitar but the main thing is to be able to play it right. jack...