One problem that I've had with metal-bodied resos is that they tend to be heavy in the butt. That is, the metal lower bouts tend to make the guitar a bit unbalanced sitting on my right leg, and the bottom of the guitar tends to dive, pulling the neck up. A corresponding problem is that many do not have a very tight waist, and so when playing classical position (guitar on the left leg, body between the legs) the guitar wants to slip between the legs. Which is not a problem that I seem to have with my Rayco, which is a wood-bodied 00 size.
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