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Neck Profile (?) and hand strain
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Echi
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RE: Neck Profile (?) and hand strain (in reply to Harry)
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Many good suggestions. I agree with Ricardo that in most of the cases right stings and action may solve the problem. That said, there are unfortunate guitars with long scale, flat neck and big string spacing which are harder to play. Things like strings spacing can be fixed with little lutherie adjustments (new nut and new holes at the bridge). Regarding the neck shape, it’s a matter of taste but D shape is probably easier and is becoming fashionable again. My experience, for the guitars I have/had: Bellido, Montero, Barranco are really comfortable guitars. Caceres/Arcangel and Manzanero also comfortable, with thin necks and short scale. My 2 old Condes have very long scale but D shape necks and play comfortably (but with some stretching on the first frets because of the long scale). Gerundino, average. I had also a very hard guitar (thick neck, high action, pulsacion on the stiff side). Probably the worst factor was the combination action/ neck thickness. Well, the guitar sounded otherwise very well. After some serious set up done by a luthier (reset of the fretboard, new frets, new bones) now the guitar plays like butter. In conclusion, if you like the guitar, maybe you can invest in some serious set up work. If the problem is for definite the neck shape or scale you may consider a guitar in the Granada style.
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